Restore and Manage the Alameda Beltline by Creating a Community Farm

Please support wildlife, food security and living wage jobs by signing this letter of support to be presented to the city council of Alameda.

We propose:

• Five acres of the Alameda belt line should be restored and managed to provide wildlife habitat.

• The belt-line property is a 22-acre stretch of open space with invasive weeds and industrial debris that may house vermin.

• Research shows that livestock are an effective land management tool. They can rebuild and remediate toxic soil, manage brush, and provide nutrition.

• The restoration should be done using livestock (goats, sheep, chicken, pigs, bees, turkeys).

• The animals and land restoration will be managed by professional farmers/ecologists hired by a non-profit collective. The animals will rotate throughout a five-acre area occupying a fraction of land at a time.  

• The livestock will be owned by a collective.

• Anyone can become a member of the collective by purchasing a share.