| Occupy the Farm | |
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| Part of Occupy movement, Via Campesina | |
| Date | First occupation: 22 April 2012 – 14 May 2012 / Second occupation: 11 May 2013 – 27 May 2013 |
| Location | 37°53′7.23″N 122°18′0.44″W / 37.8853417°N 122.3001222°W |
| Goals | Land reform, Food sovereignty, Food security, The commons, Urban open space, Community center |
| Methods | Occupation, Agroecology, Farming |
| "Take Back The Tract". Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. | |
| Squatting in the United States |
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Occupy the Farm is an ongoing social movement that started with the 2012 occupation of the Gill Tract in Albany, California, in protest of planned commercial development of public land and in support of preserving the land for the creation of an open center for urban agroecology and food sovereignty.
The occupation began on 22 April 2012 and ended on 14 May 2012.
A second occupation was launched on 11 May 2013 on the south end of the Gill Tract, which was slated for privatization and construction of a parking lot, a chain grocery store, and an exclusive senior's home twice dissolved by UCPD. Eventually a community partnership with agroecology researchers at the College of Natural Resources for access to a portion of the Gill Tract was established.
Additional demonstrations were held in 2015 and 2016, and the development, including Sprouts Farmers Market, opened in 2017.[1]