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Community Farm Day at Acta Non Verba Youth Farm

We'll participate in several Acta Non Verba Youth Farm projects that help lead the resource recovery industry to a greener future by pursuing advanced collection and processing technologies. Participants will be able to take a tour of the farm, and partake in gardening (e.g. weed, trim and harvest).

Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project (ANV) elevates life in Oakland and beyond by challenging oppressive dynamics and environments through urban farming. Founded and led mainly by women of color from the surrounding neighborhood and larger community, ANV creates a safe and creative outdoor space for children, youth, and families in East Oakland, CA. ANV engages and strengthens young people’s understanding of nutrition, food production, the natural world and healthy living as well as strengthens their ties to the community.

Participants will positively impact the "food desert" in the East Bay and see the practical application of the lessons we learned at PMI-SFBAC Sustainability Program's 4/20/2022 Food Apartheid webinar. Youth are welcome. Register each guest separately as we are limited on the number of participants.

Funding for new planting bed lumber has been covered by Sustainability Program fundraising. This event will directly contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals: 10 - Reduced Inequalities, 2 - Zero Hunger and 15 - Life on Land

This is an outdoor, in-person event. The location will be shared after registration is complete.

Event Prerequisites: Completed waiver

Event Structure (all times in PT):

12:00 pm - Welcome and Intros 

12:30 - 3:45 pm - Farm Tour

- Project(s) Overview & Breakout (eg: weed, mulch, trim and harvest, flip/build compost, build beds)

- Work

- Snack

- Continue working

3:45 pm - Closeout 

Cancellation and No-Show Policy:

If you have made a reservation and find that you will be unable to attend, please send an email to sustainability@pmisfbac.org and cancel your ticket at least one week before the event. Cancellations affect the day's work plan. Please do not attend without registration confirmation. If you have missed the registration window, please contact sustainability@pmisfbac.org and ask if any spaces have opened up due to cancellations.