Posts Tagged ‘Acta Non Verba’
Oakland’s Acta Non Verba brings farm to table
Amid glowing rows of rainbow chard and plump purple eggplants, Kelly Carlisle, founder of Acta Non Verba Farm, is celebrating her sixth community harvest. The farm, which sits on a quarter acre of Tassafaronga Park, offers local children a safe outdoor space to learn the art of farming.
Read MoreBlack farmers gather in Oakland to discuss gentrification and the future of their community
Black farmers gather in Oakland to discuss food deserts, the future, and the history of their community.
Read MoreActa Non Verba youth farm project celebrates a summer of Oakland kids’ urban gardening
The shrieks and squeals of happy children could be heard Friday over the boombox blasting pop music at Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm project in East Oakland. This was a day for play, not work. Celebrating the end of 100 hours of summer labor in the garden, nine local kids ran wild and free among the garden beds arranged in neat rows on the half-acre lot.
Read MoreActa Non Verba Youth Urban Farm uses a garden classroom to teach about food
Kelly Carlisle is the founder of the Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm, a program that teaches young people about growing food by using a garden as a classroom. The kids, most of whom are between the ages of 7 and 13, get to take the vegetables they grow home to their families, or donate them to the neighboring community.
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