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City of Toronto Workers Destroy Free Community Food Garden Amid Growing Food Crisis
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 24585143:MV8yMDAyOTgxXzMzNjUxNDQwX0VGMEI2N0Yw] [quote:Fhirinne:MV8yMDAyOTgxXzMzNjUwMjYyXzhGMDI3Rjg5] [quote:Captain Spaulding 24590107:MV8yMDAyOTgxXzMzNjUwMTYzX0ZBNDNGMTQ2] Man, I LOVE gardens. I'm staying, temporarily, in a "planned" community where before he passed, my dad was fined $100 for ONE tomato plant in his own backyard. In a 5 gallon bucket none the less. It's the first time in my life I haven't had a garden (even in crazy L.A. neighborhoods) and it's miserable without one. I wonder if MONSANTO has anything to do with this crap. I wouldn't doubt it for a second if it did. [/quote] Thats crazy :( I take its the garden codes? Unsure of its proper name well apart from insanity that is but they tell people that they can only have grass on the front garden and such. [/quote] . . . that comes under [b]ZONING[/b] laws. People move into that neighborhood because they like that lawn look . . . and get mad when itis broken up. [/quote]
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Amid a growing food crisis, this morning workers from the City of Toronto were ordered by City of Toronto
Parks Director Richard Ubbens to remove all live plants and food from the People's Peas Garden in Queens Park. They were ordered to take the plants and food to the dump and lay sod overtop of this most beautiful free community food garden, without warning, without a chance to remove the rare heirloom plant species or harvest the food.
The garden was planted by Occupy Gardens and allies on May 1st, in defense of local and global food security. While the garden has been growing undisturbed for nearly 5 months, with the help of hundreds in the community, the city deliberately decided to have it removed upon the eve of the Autumn Jam: A Harvest Party and celebration of sharing, community and free local food, which is happening tomorrow from 12-6pm at the garden in Queens Park (northwest section).
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