Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Daryl Hannah Arrested

You may remember Daryl Hannah from the movie LAST-102 recently watched, "At Play in the Fields of the Lord." She played Andy Huben, one of the missionaries. She was arrested along with 16 other protestors in Los Angeles's South Central Urban Garden on Tuesday. The actress and about 25 immigrant farmers and their supporters were campaigning to save the 14-acre fruit and vegetable garden from planned demolition. "I spent the last 23 days down at the South Central farm, which is the largest urban farm in the nation and provides food for hundreds of families," Hannah says. "The subsistence farmers are from one of the poorest communities. This farm should be a model for sustainable urban agriculture. It needs to be replicated, not eradicated." Leonardo DiCaprio and Willie Nelson had also stopped by the garden in the past weeks to show their support. Perhaps Hannah's participation in the movie, "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" influened her to be more aware of land management in the US. She was charged with a misdemeaner.

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