News from the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming:
Get on a Farm - Join Ithaca Crop Mob!
<http://groups.google.com/group/ithaca-crop-mob>http://groups.google.com/group/ithaca-crop-mob
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO WORK ON A FARM FOR JUST ONE DAY?
Are you an aspiring agrarian looking for hands-on experience? Are you
a Local Foods enthusiast who enjoys being outside and getting your
hands dirty? Do you want to be part of a cooperative agrarian
community? Then you should join the Ithaca Crop Mob!
WHAT'S CROP MOBBING?
A Crop Mob is an event held once a month at a different farm each month.
Members of the "mob" show up prepared to lend a hand to the host farm
for a morning or afternoon.
Possible tasks include but are not limited to: weeding, rock picking,
"gleaning" (harvesting crops that would otherwise go unharvested),
tree or transplant planting, putting up fencing, setting up a hoop
house, etc At the end of the work party a meal is provided, usually
by the host farm, and farmers and mobbers eat
together.
WHO CAN BE A CROP MOBBER?
Anyone can be a crop mobber. Crop mobs are composed of farmers,
college students, CSA families, local foods enthusiasts, gardeners,
farmers-market-goers, school volunteer groups, aspiring agrarians,
and the simply agricurious, along with their friends, neighbors,
siblings, parents, grandparents, and kids.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Find our more about Ithaca Crop Mob and join our Google Group at:
<http://groups.google.com/group/ithaca-crop-mob>http://groups.google.com/group/ithaca-crop-mob
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