Family resists Google's campus sprawl despite offer to buy farm for millions
by Roland De Wolk in Mountain View, California from Technology | The Guardian on (#25D78)
The Martinellis try to preserve their family history and the agricultural spirit of the valley that is now surrounded on all sides by the tech company
A Bay Area family is holding on to its ramshackle farmstead in the heart of Google's sprawling headquarters despite reason to believe it has been offered $5m to $7m by the tech giant for the tiny patch of land.
The land - which is home to battered pickups, a crumbling ice house, and a handful of renters - is now surrounded on all sides by the tech company's more than 25-acre campus in Mountain View, California.
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