ACORNS!

Restoring Indigenous Food Sovereignty. Reviving traditional acorn gathering in Alameda after 300+ years of disruption. Our approach honors Indigenous knowledge and stewarship of ancestral lands, fostering cultural heritage revitalization, reciprocal community relationships, and sustainable and regenerative agriculture.

Acorn Granary Challenge

Community-driven design competition: Build a sustainable granary using locally gathered natural materials to successfully store acorns over winter – a fun, hands-on challenge for all ages.

• Collect natural materials to make acorn granaries
• Gather with community members to build acorn granaries
• Learn about Indigenous techniques for cordage, basket making, and locally available plants
• Discover Indigenous Ingenuity like integrated pest management and land stewardship techniques

Begins July 2025.

Annual Acorn Harvest

Reconnect with nature and discover Native American history and Indigenuity. Through our community-driven Annual Acorn Harvest, you can help reopen Indigenous foodways, and provide healthy, culturally relevant food for local Indigenous communities.

• Begins September 2025
• Ends November 2025
• Harvests on Wednesdays and Sundays from 9am to 1pm

Once the harvest is complete, we will sort, clean, and pack the acorns in the granaries we made during the Acorn Granary Challenge.

The Acorn Granary Sealing Ceremony will happen during the last weekend of November/First Weekend of December.

We welcome you to join us, and be a part of this ambitious effort to reopen indigenous foodways! Harvest teams are forming now!

Acorn Processing Workshops

Transform the acorns we gathered and stored together into nutritious, culturally relevant, acorn flour and acorn meal, using traditional Indigenous techniques blended with modern innovation. The food we produce will be used in our Culinary Series, and distributed to local Indigenous Organizations and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Begins March 2025
• Volunteers assist in the production of nutritious, culturally relevant food for local Indigenous communities
• Public Workshops on March 9, and March 23
• Learn about Traditional and Contemporary Methods of Acorn Processing
• Learn about Food Science through hands-on experience and observations

Please note: Only 2 public workshops will be held for folks who want to come and learn about this process–and space is limited. The Acorn Processing Workshops are primarily focused on producing Acorn Flour and Acorn Mill for local Indigenous communities.

Together, we can decolonize the Indigenous Bay by Reopening Indigenous Foodways and Re-Establishing Indigenous Food Sovereignty as a Community.

ACORNS! Culinary Series

Celebrate Indigenous culture and global connection through acorn-based cuisine – Traditional and Contemporary Native American cuisine meet international flavors, nourishing body and spirit. Explore delicious dishes from around the world, united by the humble acorn, and discover how food connects us to our heritage, our community, and the earth.

• Classes every Sunday in April
• Includes hands-on component and tasting
• Leave with a small bag of acorn flour and recipe book

Join us!