Saturday, September 29, 2012

Destruction of Gardens: Who is in Charge of You?

This is one more of the million things that are Too Much.
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/13169

"City of Toronto Workers Destroy Free Community Food Garden Amid Growing Food Crisis --
Occupy Gardens plants in Queens Park destroyed without harvesting food--by Jacob Kearey-Moreland

An Occupy Gardens supporter was passing by Queens Park on her way to work when she saw workers taking down the gardens. She took these photos. Occupy Gardens was going to harvest the food tomorrow for their "Autumn Jam: A Harvest Party"
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..."  
     

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