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Crop Mob on NPR

The State of Things on North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – An interview with Samantha Overmyer and Kristin Henry from Crop Mob.

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Roving farm party lends many hands

Roving farm party lends many hands – Raleigh News & Observer BY ANDREW KENNEY – Staff Writer SILK HOPE — They call it crop mobbing. Think of it as a Digital Age barn raising, or Facebook-enabled farming. About once a … Continue reading

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We are not alone

Dears, I don’t know how but we have discover your site and your work. This e-mail is only to contact you from the other part of the planet. We are based in the Catalan Pyrenees, in Spain. We just organized … Continue reading

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Guerrilla agrarians in the information age

I have been involved in the Crop Mob since the first time the group convened to do work last October. I missed the initial meeting of people who created the idea and named it, so I take no credit for … Continue reading

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Mob Number Two – Garden Building at Stone House – Mebane NC

I wonder how much the Crop Mob is about agriculture and how much is simply about enjoying the company of like minded people? We came from all over to dig beds and spread mulch for someone most of us had … Continue reading

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Mob Number One – Sweet Potato Dig at Piedmont Biofarm – Pittsboro NC

The number of landless and itinerant young farmers, working alone or with a few other people, is a pretty large demographic in my world. What is sometimes missing is not only land ownership but the sense of community that can … Continue reading

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