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May Day in Santa Cruz Sees Visits to the Boardwalk and New Leaf Market

by Alex Darocy (alex [at] alexdarocy.com)
International Workers Day was honored on May 1 in Santa Cruz with a march in support of two food justice issues of particular concern locally: the international boycott of Driscoll's, which is headquartered in Watsonville, and the fight to preserve the Beach Flats Community Garden.
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The march began at Santa Cruz City Hall and made its way to the downtown New Leaf Market, where a large group of demonstrators entered the popular natural foods store. Inside the market, a letter signed by community members was delivered to the business asking them to honor the Driscoll's boycott and to stop selling the brand's berries.

From New Leaf, community members marched to the Beach Flats Community, and then on to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where gardeners and community members delivered a letter to the Seaside Company asking that the business work with the city to preserve the entire Beach Flats Garden for the gardeners. On April 26, the Santa Cruz City Council formalized a lease agreement with the Santa Cruz Seaside Company that only preserves 60% of the garden for public use for three years.

After leaving the Seaside office, the march ran parallel to the Boardwalk down Beach Street to the wharf, before ultimately returning to the Beach Flats Garden for snacks. Jardíneros spoke at a number of locations along the march route, and in addition to the greater community, there was strong support from UC Santa Cruz students.


For more information about the Beach Flats Community Garden, see:

https://beachflatsgarden.org/

For more information about the Driscoll's boycott, see:

Boycott Sakuma Berries
http://boycottsakumaberries.com/


Alex Darocy
http://alexdarocy.blogspot.com/
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§Speakers were heard on the wharf
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§"Food Sovereignty is a Human Right"
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The City of Santa Cruz bulldozed 40% of the Beach Flats Garden and installed an orange fence to mark the area the Seaside Company intends to take back.
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