Reclaiming the Gill Tract, Albany, California, Earth Day, 2012-04-22

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Point-and-shoot photos by Ken Cheetham.
Copyright 2012 by Ken Cheetham. These photos are free for any not-for-profit or educational use.



120422 01 Brass Liberation Orchestra from the side



120422 04 resistance is fertile, compost capitalism



120422 05 Occupy the Farm march rounds the corner



120422 07 cyclists block traffic on San Pablo Avenue



120422 10 Take Back the Tract sign



120422 11 Occupy the Farm inside the Gill Tract fence



120422 14 starting to pull up the mustard



120422 16 building the mustard heaps



120422 13 kids studying the chickens



120422 17 carrying mustard to the heaps



120422 18 using the rototillers



120422 19 a young farmer



120422 20 Occupy the Farm listens to a speaker



120422 21 Occupy the Farm tills the soil



120422 22 Occupy the Farm planting seedlings



120428 02 the scarecrow



120428 03 the kitchen



120428 04 the tents



120428 05 Basil Seed Library



120428 06 dancing to a band



120428 07 mustard forest of enchantment



120506 04 shovels and other tools



120506 05 watering young seedlings



120506 07 the dinner line



120506 08 the information table



120506 09 a large water container



120513 02 squash at three weeks



120513 03 kale at three weeks



120513 05 row of collards at three weeks



120513 06 row of beans at three weeks



120513 08 spinach at three weeks



120513 11 corn and tomatos at three weeks



120514 Berkeley police raid the Gill Tract


120514 Berkeley police approach farmers across the street


120514 Berkeley officer aims a weapon


120514 arresting a woman on the sidewalk


120514 Berkeley officer aims a weapon on the sidewalk


120514 consoling each other


120514 seizing banner from woman 1


120514 seizing banner from woman 2


120514 man face down on sidewalk


120819 02 harvest 4 cucumbers and squash



120819 03 harvest 4 pumpkins still growing



120819 05 harvest 4 collards and kale



120819 06 harvest 4 squash still growing



120819 07 harvest 4 wheelbarrow full of cukes



120819 08 harvest 4 boxes of cukes and maters



120819 12 harvest 4 a large field of food



120819 14 harvest 4 chamomile beside the sunflowers



120819 15 harvest 4 fresh basil



120819 16 harvest 4 boxes of food for delivery



120909 01 harvest 5 pumpkins



120909 02 harvest 5 collards long in the tooth



120909 03 harvest 5 a sampling of today's pickings



120909 04 harvest 5 a wheelbarrow of winter squash



121014 03 harvest 7 the pumpkins are ready!