More press from our fellow mobber and grist food editor, Tom Philpott: Are you a farmer at heart? Start a ‘Crop Mob’. If you wish to start a crop mob in your area, a good place to begin is our “get involved” page. There are a few key guidelines listed there and helpful organizing tips [...]

Last month Christine Muhlke trekked through ankle deep mud at Okfuskee Farm to get the scoop on Crop Mob, while we weeded, mulched, planted trees, cleared brush and put a major dent into the construction of Bobby’s new greenhouse. Check out her article here: Field Report: Plow Shares. It will be available on news stands [...]

About 6 months ago, Vanesa from the Gripia project in Catalunya (Spain) had contacted Crop Mob to say that ‘[t]he farmer’s job is changing and a lot of people want [to] take part of it!’. This school, about 3 hours’ drive from Barcelona, is one of only a handful of similar schools in Spain, and [...]

team let’s join hands across lands tie our hair in rubber bands dig up soil share our toil compost in wheelbarrows pickaxes, pitchforks, and shovels. if these tools had eyes, they’d stare at each other asking, “did I really do that?” you see, this tree’s gonna grow and we’re gonna eat its fruit together. -Nicole [...]