Oakland Spring Rising¶

Oakland Spring Rising is a volunteer network with the goal of creating, supporting, cooperatively networking 40 farms in 40 days in Oakland. These events occur from from May 1 – June 10.

Oakland Spring Rising emerges as a decentralized, organic process. Please jump in by clicking “Join Network” to the left! Once you’ve joined, you can initiate a day of farming by visiting the Events Page.

Mission¶

We are united by a desire to grow food locally and sustainably, reducing our city’s dependence on water-wasting, ocean-killing, big-agg practices. As we create and network our farms, we hope to soon grow 100,000 founds of food locally in Oakland every year, and to heal the soil. As we care for our city, ourselves and each other, we strive to organize in a leaderless, non-hierarchical, and intersectional way, resisting gentrification and helping to create and maintain public space.

40 DAYS OF FARMING¶

From May 1st-June 10th events will be at different farm sites in and around Oakland.

Events
Guidelines

Farm Network¶

Farm Network

Committees¶

Join a committee:

• Decentralization
• Emotional Care
• Events
• Farmers
• Harvest and Distro
• Outreach
• Resource Sharing
• Safer Spaces
• Soil Health
• Tech

Emotional Care¶

As we work to create and maintain farms, it is vital that we keep our emotional selves nourished in a conscious way, while acknowledging the value of emotional labor to our efforts.

• Visit the Emotional Care Group Page
• Emotional Care Resources
• Request Emotional Care

Resource Sharing¶

There are lots of ways to help!

Host a farmer
Lend Tools & Equipment
Offer Seeds, Sprouts, or Soil
Lend Your Expertise
Offer Something Else

ARTS & CULTURE AT THE FARMS¶

Performances
Skillshares
Creative Jams
Tech Events

Publicity¶

Press Releases
Photo Gallery
Graphic Design