The Garden
May 4, 2009 // Films + Food & Drinks + Los Angeles

A couple days ago I posted about the Japanese’s plan to start introducing underemployed workers to farming, and thought it would be really great if the U.S. had a plan like that. Well that led to a friend telling me about an upcoming documentary called The Garden. The film centers around a community garden that was started after the Los Angeles Riots in 1992. It was 14 acres of farmland on the outskirts of Downtown Los Angeles maintained by the South Central Farmers. It also happens to be the largest urban garden in America.

But one day, the South Central Farmers got a notice saying that the land was sold, and that the farm was going to be bulldozed. The movie explores what’s currently happening with the property and why the deal was never made public, that some shady dealings have definitely happened.

This totally infuriates me, especially because these people have worked so hard on this farm. This is also why people don’t tend to trust elected officials, because they’re willing to sell that trust for a high price. If you’re interested in seeing the movie, here’s a listing of the places it’s screening.

Bobby

  1. [...] Kitsune Noir for reminding me about this movie. Written by hammy in: Gardening, Movies, News, Plants, Video | [...]

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  2. A great example of why having one elected official to represent a much larger group of people is wrong and easily obviously so corruptible.

    Also, is the Godspeed I hear?

    Comment by Andrew — May 5, 2009 #

  3. Looks like an interesting documentary, pity I prob wont get to see it unless they (or someone else) put it online for us Brits (and non septics)to watch. Another case of the small man losing out to currupt officials and those with money, history keeps on repeating itself.

    Comment by AdvntrGeez — May 6, 2009 #

  4. i just read about the bed-stuy meadow project the other day and it’s something wonderful to get excited about!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robyn-hillmanharrigan/think-global-act-local–b_b_186317.html

    Comment by cake. — May 6, 2009 #