15 Responses to “start a mob: many hands make light work *updated*”

1. bill hall Says:
   February 26th, 2010 at 6:05 pm

   Is there a mob in RI? Or anyone I can help or support in starting a mob? I’m an artist, have agricultural experience from 11 years in Vt > FFA. Lots of horse play and farm experience. BFA. Teach at RISD in illustration dept. Worked in advertising. Can help advance any cause I believe in. Would like to link up and pitch in on this great concept. BH

2. Diahanne Says:
   February 26th, 2010 at 8:39 pm

   Hi, I am a farmer wantabe..My family has 48 Acres in Mebane that the cows have been grazing on for 30 years..No chemicals, no nothing only organic steer droppings. I’ve moved from CA to begin my third career. FARMING! And as I Know Zip zero about this marvelous America tradition I need help. E-me, call me, help me take a 150 yEAR FAMILY FARM AND MAKE IT SUSTANIBLE. ( SP). Diahanne Payne

3. kerry Westbury Says:
   February 28th, 2010 at 5:57 am

   HI, I am in Australia and am very interested in starting a group here, I have 25 acres of land that I would love to develop and share some of the opportunity for people to grow things and maybe even start a farmers market.. would love some advice on how you got the groups started and ideas to encourage people to give it a go … Kind regards Kerry

4. Anthony Says:
   February 28th, 2010 at 7:49 am

   Diahanne,
   I recently moved from CA as well and have 10 acres in Hillsborough I would like to do something with. I’d be interested to see how you fare with your new endeavor. Anthony

5. Rachel Schattman Says:
   March 2nd, 2010 at 10:32 am

   We just started a Crop Mob in VT and are making a master list of farms and mobsters! Spread the word!
   http://greenmountaincropmob.weebly.com/index.html

6. Eliza Says:
   March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm

   Thanks! I also appreciate the starting up files that were sent to me by Trace. I think I may start ours after everyone’s spring rush… it is hard to get people to contemplate something new during planting time. SO excited about it!

7. Anna Says:
   March 4th, 2010 at 8:57 am

   Hi – I’m a small farmer near Fredericksburg, VA looking for a Crop Mob but I am not finding one in our area. I’d love to be involved in starting up a chapter here but need more advice.

8. Andrea Wood Says:
   March 4th, 2010 at 11:00 am

   Thanks for your comments everyone! We’re excited about all the new mobs popping up all over the nation (and world!).

   Diahanne and Anthony, We’d love to see you at the next crop mob! During the mob is a perfect time to talk to people about your ideas and afterwards we have time for people to talk and propose the next crop mob, the need for interns, farm shares, etc. Please visit http://cropmob.org/contact to see how to join the listserv.

   Bill, Kerry and Anna, Please also see http://cropmob.org/contact to see how you can join the movement and request information if needed. Bill & Anna, Putting your hope to collaborate with others on the map or creating a facebook group and posting the group on the crop mob facebook site would be the best places to start after reviewing the “Getting Started Guide” also on http://cropmob.org/contact.

   Happy mobbing!

9. JoannaFromCanada Says:
   March 4th, 2010 at 3:21 pm

   Hi!

   We live in Ontario, just north of Toronto. We are shopping for farm property at the moment, though we won’t have a clue what to do with it!

   Any crop mobs in Ontario? Want to start one?

   Please advise.

   Joanna

10. Skyler Says:
    March 4th, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Hi, I am market gardener and farm laborer in Lawrence Ks. I am working with a group of folks here to get a Crop Mob organized. Your “getting started” pdf has been very helpful. I am wondering by what decision making process does your group decide on the next project? I am assuming it’s democratic or consensus based. Can you elaborate on this process? Also how does your group define sustainable? Your guidelines state only small scale sustainable farms should participate. That might mean something different from one person to the next. Thanks for any insight you can provide! Mob on!

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12. Trace Says:
    March 5th, 2010 at 7:47 am

    To answer your first question, we work pretty much by consensus. Some of the decision making does go on behind the scenes simply because some of the logistical work does not require the whole group to participate in. We do try to spread out the organizing so that different individuals can take on more active roles.

    Defining sustainable will be different for each area, so it is open to interpretation in each region. For us, we wouldn’t go to mob an enclosed pig or chicken farm, a conventional wheat monoculture or the cotton fields of an agribusiness. They simply wouldn’t want our help anyway. Making that statement in the start-up documents helps groups stay out of exploitative situations.

13. iVolunteer Editors Says:
    March 9th, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    we loved this idea so much we blogged about you this week! check it out on http://www.iVolunteer.org. And for those of you who have attended a Crop Mob, we’d love to hear about what it was like, so we can encourage more people to volunteer.

14. Pat Says:
    March 28th, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    To Joanna from Canada
    You are one of many people looking for a farm but with no background. Contact me at farmsatwork at gmail.com for info if you are looking in the Kawarthas. We are putting together a workshop and resources for people like you. Also, Crop Mob sounds like a fantastic idea for our region!!

15. Permie Culture Says:
    May 12th, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    Happened on crop mobbing today. I am an agricurious and have a potential of many available hands for farms in northeast Massachusetts. Anyone interested in a weird kind of collaboration around here?

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