Comments for Crop Mob http://cropmob.org Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Past Mobs of the NC Triangle by Do Crop Mobs Mean We’re Hungry for Meaningful Work? | Good Company Blog http://cropmob.org/past-mobs/comment-page-1#comment-262 Do Crop Mobs Mean We’re Hungry for Meaningful Work? | Good Company Blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:34:07 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?page_id=8#comment-262 [...] and David Zucchino the Los Angeles Times. There’s a thriving Crop Mob organization in the Chapel Hill area and another in Atlanta. You’ll find a group in Cleveland, in the Twin Cities,  and in towns [...] [...] and David Zucchino the Los Angeles Times. There’s a thriving Crop Mob organization in the Chapel Hill area and another in Atlanta. You’ll find a group in Cleveland, in the Twin Cities,  and in towns [...]

]]> Comment on Crop Mob video from Georgia by Paul Soule http://cropmob.org/2011/02/02/crop-mob-video-from-georgia/comment-page-1#comment-229 Paul Soule Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:38:51 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=312#comment-229 Dear land LOVERS I am a small clean food farmer in Illinois . . . PLEASE put out the word . . . I need a crop mob to put up a green house the first or second week in March and I would be willing to have a couple of apprentices or sponsor an internship . . . How do I let everyone know that involvement is available and well within striking distance to the greatest midwest market Chicago my email is ptsoule461@sbcglobal.net TELL ALL our season is upon us. Thanks for all. Dear land LOVERS

I am a small clean food farmer in Illinois . . . PLEASE put out the word . . . I need a crop mob to put up a green house the first or second week in March and I would be willing to have a couple of apprentices or sponsor an internship . . . How do I let everyone know that involvement is available and well within striking distance to the greatest midwest market Chicago my email is ptsoule461@sbcglobal.net TELL ALL our season is upon us. Thanks for all.

]]> Comment on An Interview With Doug Jones – Organic Farmer – Pittsboro, NC by Brea Jones http://cropmob.org/2009/03/13/an-interview-with-doug-jones-organic-farmer-pittsboro-nc/comment-page-1#comment-208 Brea Jones Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:29:48 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=114#comment-208 thats my uncle doug!!! go uncle doug!!!!! <3 thats my uncle doug!!! go uncle doug!!!!! <3

]]> Comment on New Blood for the Old Body- Photography from inside the new agrarian movement by penny gudel http://cropmob.org/2010/10/11/trace/comment-page-1#comment-181 penny gudel Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:26:52 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=296#comment-181 I love what I see. I live in Temple City, California 91780 and feel very sad there is no way I can be involved with a project like this. I am 69 years old and am working towards becoming a teacher. I have been teaching in a few schools but I am working for my degree. Thank goodness for the people who help with this program. I would like to have someone e-mail me or mail me any updates. Sincerely, Penny Gudel I love what I see. I live in Temple City, California 91780 and feel very sad there is no way I can be involved with a project like this. I am 69 years old and am working towards becoming a teacher. I have been teaching in a few schools but I am working for my degree. Thank goodness for the people who help with this program. I would like to have someone e-mail me or mail me any updates. Sincerely, Penny Gudel

]]> Comment on “Crop mobs” spread in local, organic food movement by Barth Anderson http://cropmob.org/2010/09/08/%e2%80%9ccrop-mobs%e2%80%9d-spread-in-local-organic-food-movement/comment-page-1#comment-180 Barth Anderson Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:38:49 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=286#comment-180 Excellent Crop Mob video over at Perennial Plate. http://theperennialplate.com/the-perennial-plate/2010/10/11/episode-30-crop-mob.html Excellent Crop Mob video over at Perennial Plate.

http://theperennialplate.com/the-perennial-plate/2010/10/11/episode-30-crop-mob.html

]]> Comment on Crop Mobs build community on the farm by Pam http://cropmob.org/2010/08/10/crop-mobs-build-community-on-the-farm/comment-page-1#comment-175 Pam Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:16:18 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=273#comment-175 I live in Matteson, Illinois. Are there farms close by where one can join? There are farms all around here but I never see any activity. I am from a country where farming is a matter of existence and it would be nice to be outdoors helping out. I live in Matteson, Illinois. Are there farms close by where one can join? There are farms all around here but I never see any activity. I am from a country where farming is a matter of existence and it would be nice to be outdoors helping out.

]]> Comment on Crop Mobs Are Farmers’ New Allies – AARP by Trace http://cropmob.org/2010/09/02/crop-mobs-are-farmers-new-allies-aarp/comment-page-1#comment-166 Trace Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:53:59 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=275#comment-166 I think this is different in that people from urban areas are also chipping in to help. It is also scheduled volunteer time and not just for a specific harvest - it happens every month no matter what needs to be done, on a different farm in a different area. Folks are exposed to many different ways of farming during all seasons. Cooperative harvesting and farming never really went away; we are just adding to it and raising the profile a bit. I think this is different in that people from urban areas are also chipping in to help. It is also scheduled volunteer time and not just for a specific harvest – it happens every month no matter what needs to be done, on a different farm in a different area. Folks are exposed to many different ways of farming during all seasons.

Cooperative harvesting and farming never really went away; we are just adding to it and raising the profile a bit.

]]> Comment on Crop Mobs Are Farmers’ New Allies – AARP by Jan Cary http://cropmob.org/2010/09/02/crop-mobs-are-farmers-new-allies-aarp/comment-page-1#comment-165 Jan Cary Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:44:20 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=275#comment-165 Well, what do you know, we're " inventing the wheel." I grew up on a farm in Iowa and every summer farmers rotated the farms threshing oats and filling silos with silage (chopped corn stalks that fermented and was like a "liquor" fed to cattle.} What happened to the small farmer? The mechanization and subsidies to not grow crops to keep the prices up forced out the small farmer--couldn't afford the price of feed suppliments needed. My folks had friends who helped out, for free, when there was illness or a bumper crop to be harvested when it was ripe. So, what's so new about volunteering to help farmers--more fashionable now? Well, what do you know, we’re ” inventing the wheel.” I grew up on a farm in Iowa and every summer farmers rotated the farms threshing oats and filling silos with silage (chopped corn stalks that fermented and was like a “liquor” fed to cattle.} What happened to the small farmer? The mechanization and subsidies to not grow crops to keep the prices up forced out the small farmer–couldn’t afford the price of feed suppliments needed.
My folks had friends who helped out, for free, when there was illness or a bumper crop to be harvested when it was ripe. So, what’s so new about volunteering to help farmers–more fashionable now?

]]> Comment on “Crop mobs” spread in local, organic food movement by Susan Hill Smith http://cropmob.org/2010/09/08/%e2%80%9ccrop-mobs%e2%80%9d-spread-in-local-organic-food-movement/comment-page-1#comment-164 Susan Hill Smith Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:02:47 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=286#comment-164 I am interested in helping with crop mobs. Let me know how I can participate. I am interested in helping with crop mobs. Let me know how I can participate.

]]> Comment on “Crop mobs” spread in local, organic food movement by Susan Hill Smith http://cropmob.org/2010/09/08/%e2%80%9ccrop-mobs%e2%80%9d-spread-in-local-organic-food-movement/comment-page-1#comment-163 Susan Hill Smith Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:59:52 +0000 http://cropmob.org/?p=286#comment-163 I grew up on a farm in Richmond Co. NC I Still live in the small town of Ellerbe and enjoy fresh vegetables from my relatives gardens. I think it is a great idea to help small farmers for food. My brother is so discouraged with his produce farming and feels that he might as well go bury his money in the ground since he can't make anything after expenses. He has 50+ acres of land. He makes his living off of poultry but has continued to plant tomatoes and a few other vegetables. There has got to be a way to get food to the people and money to pay the taxes on the land. How can crop mob help my brother and other small farmers in the area? I would like to know more about this group. susanhillsmith@yahoo.com I grew up on a farm in Richmond Co. NC I Still live in the small town of Ellerbe and enjoy fresh vegetables from my relatives gardens. I think it is a great idea to help small farmers for food. My brother is so discouraged with his produce farming and feels that he might as well go bury his money in the ground since he can’t make anything after expenses. He has 50+ acres of land. He makes his living off of poultry but has continued to plant tomatoes and a few other vegetables. There has got to be a way to get food to the people and money to pay the taxes on the land. How can crop mob help my brother and other small farmers in the area? I would like to know more about this group. susanhillsmith@yahoo.com

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