There will be a Candlelight Ceremony Sunday, October 30th to stop the developer from building a warehouse at 41st St. and Long Beach Ave., home of the South Central Community Farm. The event will also celebrate the Day of the Dead
 
350 families – organized as South Central Farmers – have camped out in the field for weeks to prevent developper Horowitz from grabbing the land.  A sneak attack could come at any time. The group will hold a candlelight ceremony on Sunday to call public attention to their plight, as well as celebrate the traditional holiday, Day of the Dead.
 
Candlelight Ceremony is sponsored by Anahuak Sport Association, Willie C. Velasquez Institute and Mujeres de Maiz.
 
Who: South Central Farmers
What: Candlelight Ceremony
When: Sunday, Oct. 30, 5:30 p.m.
Where: 41st St. and Long Beach Ave.

More about the South Central Farm:
For 13 years, 350 families have tended a 14-acre community farm in the middle of South L.A.’s gritty industrial belt.  Growing their own cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes and other staples has helped make good nutrition affordable. Traditional crops like chipillin, alachi, quelite and pipicha have helped keep traditional cuisine and folk-medicine alive.
 
The City of L.A. acquired the land in the late 1980s, but abandoned plans to build a trash incinerator after community protests.  In 1994, officials transferred title to the Harbor Department, which contracted with the L.A. Regional Food Bank to operate a community farm on the property.  In 2003, the City Council agreed to sell the 14 acres back to the original owner, private developer Ralph Horowitz, who wants to demolish the garden and build a warehouse.

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