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Category Archives: press
Volunteers help local farm harvest crops for food pantry
News from a crop mob in Missouri – SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (KMOV.com) — A crop mob will be helping out at the “Seeds of Hope” farm in Spanish Lake Saturday. A crop mob is a group of volunteers who show up … Continue reading
Crop mob answers Internet call
From Capital Press – BOISTFORT, Wash. — It may have been social media that brought the crop mob together, but it was dirty and sweaty work that kept the conversations flowing. About a dozen volunteers descended on Justin McClane’s and … Continue reading
Crop Mob raids 66 cities nationwide
The project spurred a nationwide movement that led to 66 mobs across the country and influenced much of the young farmer trend. Read the whole story at the Independent Weekly.
Crop Mob: Getting Dirty on an East Atlanta Farm
Patent attorney Collen Beard normally works behind a desk. But on a recent Sunday morning, she got her hands dirty as part of a mob. Specifically, a Crop Mob. Source and Full Story – East Atlanta Patch
Mob Mentality
If you do your shopping at the local farmers market, you’re probably more aware of where your food comes from than most, but if you really want to gain an appreciation for your food’s origins you’ll go straight to the … Continue reading
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Crop Mobbed: Reclaiming community agriculture
From the Morgan County Citizen – Principles like these inspired the day of work. One of three founding members of Crop Mob Atlanta, Kimberly Coburn, read about the original North Carolina Crop Mob in a New York Times article last … Continue reading
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Crop Mobs Are Farmers’ New Allies – AARP
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 … Continue reading
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Crop Mobs build community on the farm
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 … Continue reading
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Stealthy Crop Mob forges local agrarian bonds
Las Cruces Crop Mob in the news – Stealthy Crop Mob forges local agrarian bonds: Grassroots Press Like a stealthy tomato, hidden beneath the camouflage and chaos of leaves, Crop Mob is a rogue (well, sort of) grassroots group, rich … Continue reading
Invasion of the Crop Mob – Black Mountain News
On a recent Sunday, my farm was host to a new example of the old timey “barn-raising” phenomena that is sweeping the country. It is called the Crop Mob. It consists of a group of folks that just like to … Continue reading
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