South Central Farm
Los Angeles, United States · Operator: South Central Farmers
Overview
A 14-acre lot once slated for a waste incinerator, turned into one of the largest urban farms in the US.
Citizen participation
Around 350 plots farmed mainly by low-income Latino immigrant families for food security and community.
Operating model
City-owned land used as a community farm; dependent on the city not selling the land.
Impact
The city sold the land to developer Ralph Horowitz; sheriffs evicted farmers on 13 June 2006 and it was bulldozed in July. Shows how tenure insecurity on public land can erase a farm with a single sale.
Crops
- corn
- beans
- squash
- tomatoes
- cactus
- guava
Scale
56,656 m² — 約14エーカー。2006年に立ち退き・ブルドーザー撤去 (evicted and bulldozed 2006)
Sources（3）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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