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Acta Non Verba
@anvfarm.bsky.social
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Challenging oppressive dynamics and environments through urban farming and youth development 🌼🌱🌳☀️✨ Check out our future paradise and stay up to date with ANV events and updates here! - bit.ly/3T8VWhv
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Meet our Community Chefs!

Our favorite chefs — Dee, Polly, and Daranisa — have kept ANV’s youth well-fed and inspired. Now they’re spicing things up in the Chili Cook-Off! 🌶️

We can't wait to try everyone's chili Tomorrow at our First Annual Farm Fest! Get your tickets at the link in our bio!
Grateful for our Farm Fest sponsors who helped bring the community together for a day full of food, music, and connection. Your support helps Oakland’s youth and families thrive — that’s what #DeedsNotWords is all about. 🌱

#ActaNonVerba #OaklandCommunity #FarmFest
We’re prepping for our 1st Annual Farm Fest, and we're calling for volunteers!

Sign up today, and help us grow a future paradise together.

🔗 Volunteer Sign UP: https://airtable.com/appooFa3yNk3QgrKh/pagjNFZ6GPhWEQ7a5/form

#ANVFarmFest #ActaNonVerba #FoodJustice #UrbanFarming #Oakland,CA
Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project was featured in The Oaklandside for our BeetBox CSA Program! 🥕💜

Read the story here and learn more about how we’re planting seeds for a future paradise, in which a more just, sustainable food system is the norm.

#ActaNonVerba #Oaklandside #BeetBoxCSA
Farm fresh food delivered to your doorstep: A guide to the East Bay’s CSAs
Diversify your diet, spice up home meals, and support Bay Area growers, ranchers and fishermen with a subscription to a community supported agriculture program.
oaklandside.org
Y’all — this is something special 💜

Rizpah, who was once a Camp ANV counselor, is out here doing incredible things as a Black woman rancher — and she’s donated all the beef for our Farm Fest Chili Cook-Off!

Talk about full circle! From growing with us at the Farm to feeding the community ✨

Drum roll pleeease 🥁🥁🥁

ANV is proud to announce that our chili cookoff celebrity chef is none other than Chef Nelson!!

If you want to taste the delicious chili he’ll be cooking up, make sure to join us on November 1st at Farm Fest! 🥳

Get your tickets here! bit.ly/ANVFarmFestTickets
Our NLLP Cohort at West Oakland Farm Park harvesting veggies for this week's CSA! 🌶️🫑

So many members of our No Limit Leadership Program expressed how healing it is being out here on the farm 🌱

To join, fill out the application at the link in our bio ✨
No Limit Leadership applications are now open 🥳

NLLP allows participants to gain valuable experience for future opportunities, with incentives like participation stipends, college savings accounts, group trips, and employment opportunities with Camp ANV.

Application at the link in our bio!
Last Archery Club session, we got to dust off our skills, test out some different bows, and played the archery version of H.O.R.S.E. 🎯

If you’re interested, next session will be on September 6th from 11am - 2pm at West Oakland Farm Park. For more info, you can reach out to [email protected]
We’re still buzzing from all the joy and good vibes! 🌱✨ From the laughter and heartfelt conversations to the delicious bites and big hugs, it was truly a celebration of our incredible supporters who make ANV’s work possible. Here’s to growing together and making our Future Paradise a reality! 💜
In the spirit of celebrating ANV's 15th Anniversary, we're inviting you to our upcoming 1st Annual Farm Fest! 🥳💜

Enjoy s'mores by the fire, explore our pumpkin patch, sample delicious entries in our chili cook-off, and discover plenty more seasonal activities for everyone!
📣 Get excited about NLLP!!! Our 'No Limit Leadership Program'
equips high school students with:

💼 Career Coaching
🏫 College Tours
🌱 Youth Development Training
👩🏾‍🌾 Skills in Urban Farming & Environmental Justice
🌺 Travel Opportunities

Applications open Early August!
Acta Non Verba is seeking passionate leaders to join our Board!!

We're inviting dedicated community members to apply for our Board of Directors and help guide our mission of youth empowerment through urban farming.

🌱 Plant A Seed.
💼 Make an impact.
🌍 Grow with us.

Application link in bio!
Have you been to an Oakland Roots game yet? ANV has partnered with @oaklandroots.bsky.social and when you buy tickets using our code ANV2025, 20% of the proceeds go directly to supporting ANV’s work in the community. It’s a great way to show love for Oakland and uplift local youth!
A peek into this weeks CSA shares! 🍓🥬🥕
"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?"

A deep, heartfelt sense of love goes out to everyone affected by this country’s broken promises. We commit to offering ongoing support, care, and persistent action—always hoping it brings true lasting change.
Pack BeetBox CSA’s with the Acta Non Verba team🥬

Our Community Supported Agriculture boxes are full of delicious locally grown produce, and are distributed every Wednesday!

Interested in learning more? Visit ANVfarm.org to get involved.

#anvyouthurbanfarmproject #oakland,CA #urbanfarming #CSA
🌱 On Juneteenth, we honor our roots.
Today we celebrate freedom—and remember that growing our own food is part of that legacy. We carry that forward by planting seeds, building community, and reclaiming our connection to the land. Here's to growing freedom, healing, and joy.

#Juneteenth #ANV
Making our Three Sisters Quesadillas in cooking class 🧑‍🍳
A peek into our Our BeetBox C.S.A.s that went out yesterday! We partner with our sister farms in the area to ensure our community has access to delicious fresh fruits and veggies!
#anv #oakland #oaklandfarms #actanonverbayouthurbanfarmproject #summercamp
Happy First Day of Camp! We're so happy to have an amazing group of campers and staff. This week's theme is 'You Are Loved' and we'll be diving into art, cooking, drums, theater, farming, photography, capoeira, and so much more! 🩵🩷

#campanv #oaklandsummercamp #actanonverbayouthurbanfarmproject
🏹Saturday June 7th🏹Have you ever wanted to try Archery?! De La Corazón Explore Archery Club is a community-based archery program. The club will meet on first Saturdays from 11am-2pm at West Oakland Farm Park. For signups and more information, you can reach out to [email protected]
Our flowers are in bloom 🥰
📣CAMP IS ALMOST HEREE!! 📣 We’re so excited to get started. There’s so many fun actives we have lined up from archery, to photography, swimming and more! The possibilities this summer are endless, and we’re so happy we get to share it with our campers.