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Acta Non Verba - West Oakland Farm Park

Acta Non Verba (ANV) is a youth urban farm nonprofit in West Oakland, founded in 2010 by Navy veteran Kelly Carlisle. BIPOC- and women-led, it elevates the lives of youth and families by challenging extractive dynamics through farming and access to the natural environment. The Farm Park is one of two ANV growing sites in Oakland.

What they do

Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project (ANV) operates two urban farm sites in Oakland — including the West Oakland Farm Park — where Black and Brown youth grow food, learn [[stewardship|ecological stewardship]], and earn income from the produce they cultivate. Founded in 2010 by U.S. Navy veteran Kelly Carlisle, ANV elevates the lives of youth and families in Oakland and beyond by challenging oppressive dynamics through urban farming and direct access to the natural environment. The organization is founded and led primarily by women and people of color. The Latin phrase acta non verba — “deeds, not words” — Carlisle carried over from her Merchant Marine training.

Why it’s listed

ANV is BIPOC-led, women-led, and youth-centered — three substantive filters [[directory|the directory]] tracks explicitly. The model also turns the farm into economic infrastructure for the young people who grow it, not just a programmatic site for them to visit. That combination — racial-justice substrate, gender-justice substrate, and direct youth ownership — is exactly what aligned commerce in the food system looks like.

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  • Instance of: [[urban-farm]] · [[vegetable-farm]]
  • Member of: [[farm]]
  • Contained by: [[san-francisco-bay-area]]

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