LAST LINE OF DEFENSE -- This was the entry point to the National Grocer food distribution terminal in Ottawa. Farmers called it 'the hole' and held this position day and night, moving two tractors to allow a transport truck through every 20 minutes. From left are: Sedrick Robert, of Crysler; Rick Slater, of Fournier; Jean-Philipp Robert, or Crysler; Marcel Lafrance, of Crysler and Doug MacGregor of Morewood. "I slept for about 30 seconds in the tractor," said MacGregor after one all-night vigil. "The scanner woke me up."

ENDING THE FOOD FIGHT -- After three days of protest outside an east-end Ottawa food terminal, protesting farmers prepare for a press conference.

Grassroots leader Jean-Marie Menard has breakfast after a long night of blacking traffic.

Spencerville farmer and Ontario Federation of Agriculture vice-president Geri Kamenz addresses the thousands of farmers on the hill.

THE BOYS FROM PICTON -- They drove their tractors to the Ottawa rally from Picton. Police told them they couldn't do it. They did it anyways. Brian Kingsley, who cash crops 2,000 acres, said the people they passes offered support: "Waving, thumbs-up, horns blowing. The closer we got to Ottawa the better the reception we got." The farmers left Picton Tuesday, April 4 and 6 a.m. and arrived at Dwight Foster's house at North Gower at about 4:30 p.m. later that day. Friends collected $800 to cover fuel and other costs. Others took the tractors back on trucks with flatbeds. From left: Wayne Gyd, Nathan Carter, John Paterson, Brian Kingsley, and Curt Stone.

SIGNS -- One farmer used four "Farmers Feed Cities" signs to make a hat. To the left of his raised sign, one a rooftop, are the RCMP officers filming the protest, in anticipation of trouble.