Gill Tract Farming Continues, UC Development Faces Referendum, Lawsuits, Whole Foods Withdrawal

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Occupy Oakland ‏@OccupyOakland

Major win for #OccupyTheFarm and Albany, CA as Whole Foods pulls out of development deal with #UCBerkeley http://tinyurl.com/98nelrv #OO #OWS
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On Sunday September 30th, renegade farmers once again broke into the Gill Tract to tend to acres of food crops planted throughout a three-week protest on the land earlier this Spring.

Sunday's farming-action follows several critical developments in the battle to defend Gill Tract agricultural land from a controversial University of California development project.

On Wednesday September 19th, Alameda County verified a "Keep Albany Local" petition for referendum against the Albany City Council approval of the UC development project. Two days later, on Friday September 21st, Whole Foods, the anchor tenant in the plan for commercial retail, announced that the corporation terminated its lease agreement with the University Regents. Two separate groups of Albany residents also have lawsuits pending against the City of Albany for its allegedly illegal approval of the UC Environmental Impact Report.

(More at the link.)

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Occupy the Farm ‏@occupyfarm

Whole Foods sting operation exposes #GMO deception amounts to $3 billion in annual revenue: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_24845.cfm …



Occupy the Farm ‏@occupyfarm

Moments after we posted video of the #GMO sting operation against Whole Foods, Youtube deleted it. Tweet links if you can find 'em. #oo