From the September AARP magazine – At 8 a.m. on a Saturday under a blue summer sky, Denise Sharp, co-owner of Sharp’s at Waterford Farm in Brookville, Md., is preoccupied with a sick goat. On top of that, she’s preparing for visitors. “Usually there is pandemonium the first time a volunteer group comes here, because [...]

Crop Mob was featured on NPR’s Marketplace last week. A favorite quote from the show was from first time crop mobber Jeffrey Bailey – Our generation, and the generation behind us have this blatant sense of entitlement. I think we’re realizing that everything has come a little too easy for us. So putting our hands [...]

Crop mobs sprout up on farms The first U.S. crop mob was formed in North Carolina in 2008, and now there are more than 30. “It’s going to explode,” predicts Kirsten Santucci, organizer of a crop mob in Washington, D.C., that’s in its first season and has about 200 members. Full Article

From the Asheville Mountain Express – [...] This is the face of neo-agrarianism — a shift toward a more earth-friendly and community-conscious approach. Ironically, it tends to play out as a way-back-to-the-roots style of farming: Like the seasons themselves, farming is proving to be cyclical. [...] Read the full story.

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 [...]

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 [...]

I am forever grateful for the opportunity that I had with Kristin to represent the Crop Mob on NPR. I had every mobber, past, present, and future in mind. I really appreciate all the encouragement and positive feedback. There are a few words and phrases that were exchanged on our NPR program that make me [...]

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

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 month, a growing contingent of farmers, food activists, office workers and the unemployed chooses a [...]