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 Strachan participated in Crop Mob for the first time at Ofuskee Farm. She helped plant a pecan tree.

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 cringe. [...]

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 small farm somewhere [...]

Last month Crop Mob had a featured story in the Independent Weekly:
On a sweltering Sunday last August, a peaceful mob of 35 local farmers, armed with shovels, hoes and wheelbarrows, raided Serendip Farm in Orange County.
But instead of a traditional raid, which is about taking, this raid was about giving: The Crop Mob, as the [...]

I can’t believe we’ve been mobbing for a whole year!  In the past year we’ve been to 12 farms and gardens, done over 2000 hrs. of work, found friends, found  jobs, shared meals and made beautiful music.  For our first birthday party we’re going to bring it back to where it all started, Piedmont Biofarm.  [...]

Crop mobs as agents for good is an introduction to the crop mob which is forming in Raleigh.
BY ANDREA WEIGL – Staff Writer for the Raleigh News & Observer
Published: Wed, Aug. 12, 2009 02:00AM
Contact Steven Horton at steven.p.horton@gmail.com for info on how to join the Raliegh mob! The first mob will be September 13th at [...]

Those technophiles Sam and Will over at Everlaughter Farm in Hillsborough don’t just send a email out to their myriad fans and customers, they send a weekly podcast. In the podcast that came out shortly after the July Crop Mob they give a report on the crop mob and give a big thanks to [...]