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		<title>“Crop mobs” spread in local, organic food movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Free Speech Radio News - As interest in locally grown, organic food increases, a new way to get involved is sprouting up all over the country and it’s known as a crop mob. During these events, a group of volunteers converges on small and urban farms and lends a hand on specific projects. Lynda-Marie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/09/08/%e2%80%9ccrop-mobs%e2%80%9d-spread-in-local-organic-food-movement</link>
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		<title>Crop Mobbed: Reclaiming community agriculture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 February. She thought the concept was brilliant and contacted the original founders for guidance in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/09/02/crop-mobbed-reclaiming-community-agriculture</link>
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		<title>Crop Mobs Are Farmers&#8217; New Allies &#8211; AARP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the September AARP magazine - At 8 a.m. on a Saturday under a blue summer sky, Denise Sharp, co-owner of Sharp&#8217;s at Waterford Farm in Brookville, Md., is preoccupied with a sick goat. On top of that, she&#8217;s preparing for visitors. &#8220;Usually there is pandemonium the first time a volunteer group comes here, because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/09/02/crop-mobs-are-farmers-new-allies-aarp</link>
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		<title>Crop Mobs build community on the farm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crop Mob was featured on NPR&#8217;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&#8217;re realizing that everything has come a little too easy for us. So putting our hands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/08/10/crop-mobs-build-community-on-the-farm</link>
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		<title>Stealthy Crop Mob forges local agrarian bonds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 and potent with a passion for local farms, local foods and the connection we often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/08/04/stealthy-crop-mob-forges-local-agrarian-bonds</link>
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		<title>Invasion of the Crop Mob &#8211; Black Mountain News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 get involved with a farm and with others that have the same aspirations. Many of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/07/15/invasion-of-the-crop-mob-black-mountain-news</link>
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		<title>Crop mobs sprout up on farms &#8211; USA Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to explode,&#8221; predicts Kirsten Santucci, organizer of a crop mob in Washington, D.C., that&#8217;s in its first season and has about 200 members. Full Article]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/05/20/crop-mobs-sprout-up-on-farms-usa-today</link>
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		<title>The Dirt: A shared harvest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/03/17/the-dirt-a-shared-harvest</link>
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		<title>start a mob: many hands make light work *updated*</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;get involved&#8221; page. There are a few key guidelines listed there and helpful organizing tips [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/02/25/start-a-mob</link>
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		<title>In the NYTimes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s new greenhouse. Check out her article here: Field Report: Plow Shares. It will be available on news stands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cropmob.org/2010/02/25/in-the-nytimes</link>
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