Excavation has begun for a grocery store on part of the Gill Tract. But Occupy the Farm and its allies are still fighting to preserve the whole 20-acre plot for urban agriculture. Occupy the Farm has been growing food and advocating to maintain this UC-Berkeley-owned patch of historic farmland for four years. On Earth Day 2012 the group began occupying and gardening part of the site, located along San Pablo Ave on the border between Berkeley and Albany. The university has leased land on the southern half of the site to the Sprouts … Continue reading Occupy the Farm Stewardship Assembly