Archive for March 20, 2010
Volunteer to work a day on a farm!
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From: Sandra Repp <sjr37>
Date: March 19, 2010 4:36:08 PM EDT
To: sustainabletompkins, tc-HSC-L, Funschooling List <funschooling>
Cc: jg16, rfirak, ggalati1, fullplatefarms
Subject: Volunteer to work a day on a farm!
Reply-To: Sandra Repp <sjr37>News from the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming:
Get on a Farm – Join Ithaca Crop Mob!
http://groups.google.com/group/ithaca-crop-mobHAVE 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!WHATS 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
