Crop Mob Piedmont: You are invited to be a Crop Mobber

[TalkingDog]

It’s called crop mobbing. Think of it as a Digital Age barn-raising, or Facebook-enabled farming.

Crop Mobs are a growing contingent of farmers, food activists, office workers and the unemployed chooses a small farm somewhere around the Piedmont, goes out to a site and does a lot of work in a short amount of time.

They meet about once a month to broaden their knowledge about gardening and sustainable agriculture, while putting a serious dent in the farmer’s to-do list.

This can be extremely helpful to a local small farmer trying to make a living on their next harvest. It’s also useful for communities that want to start a garden, but doesn’t know where to start. It’s a community building exercise that everyone benefits from.

Organizer Trace Ramsey, 35 explained in the group’s blog at cropmob.org, “We farm because we want to, not because we need to. At some time or another, we were infected with a desire to give and take from the dirt.”

Beginners and those wanting to learn more about sustainable agriculture are very much welcome. Contact Crop Mob Piedmont on Facebook or though The Gardens at Island Ford to see how you can get involved.

Crop Mob Piedmont is currently looking for volunteers with agricultural experience in the Piedmont region. This would include duties such as site prep, recruitment, tool acquiring, outreach, and anything else we can think of. So, if you would like to share some good knowledge, good food, good music, and good works contact Crop Mob Piedmont through the Gardens at Island Ford.

Please look through your email list and spread the word around the Piedmont.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crop-Mob-Piedmont/357841342867">Crop Mob Piedmont on FaceBook

http://groups.google.com/group/cropmob">Join us on Google Groups

If you are not in NC use this Google Map to locate a Crop Mob near you: http://tiny.cc/sOBlR

[e-mail] www.cropmob.org

[supernova]

1. Awesome idea!

:thumbsup:

[TalkingDog]

2. Maybe I'll see you there then. Spread the word! n/t

[HillWilliam]

3. Just joined ya

My partner and I are trying to get a green micro-farm going. Small-scale, sustainable stuff, low-impact as possible, things that aren't typically grown in the area so as to prevent duplication and we've been trying to network with other folks who are growing green/organically/sustainably. There's a lot more in the Piedmont than folks realize.

Good to know ye!