CROP MOB!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT IS IT? a group of farmers and wannabe farmers that 'mob' a farm once a month to build community and help out local farms

WHEN? Sunday, March 28 12-4pm, shared meal to follow

WHERE? William Byrd Community House Urban Farmlet (byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com), Linden St. & Idlewood Ave.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT richmondgroundup@gmail.com

A Small Community Garden from the Southside 2009

What is a Crop Mob

Please check out the Crop Mob page below to find out what a crop mob is.

CropMob.org

"Crop mob is primarily a group of young, landless, and wannabe farmers who come together to build and empower communities by working side by side. Crop mob is also a group of experienced farmers and gardeners willing to share their knowledge with their peers and the next generation of agrarians. The membership is dynamic, changing and growing with each new mob event.

In the past farming was much more labor intensive. Activities like planting, harvesting, processing, and barnraising often required the collective effort of entire communities. This interdependence fostered strong communities. As farming became more..."

This wonderful site from our friends in North Carolina is packed full of information. Take a look

CropMob

Richmond Crop Mob

Bring your shovels, your plants, your dirty hands.

Richmond Ground Up introduces an exciting resource for urban farming in the Richmond, Virginia area. The Richmond Crop Mob is a social media advocacy movement and alert tool for urban farmers, gardeners, and green thumb volunteers. This new platform allows interested participants to engage in growing urban farming/gardening movements throughout the Richmond, Virginia community and facilitates access to information about ongoing urban farming practices.

Through social media, the Richmond Crop Mob will alert volunteers to unpaid urban farming projects that are hosted by community organizations. These short calls for participation will be advertised through text messages, blog posts, tweets, facebook updates, etc. Like the growing flash mobs movement around the world, the Richmond Crop Mob asks for volunteer participation with local communities and strives to create awareness about current social issues. Ultimately, the Richmond Crop Mob will support the successful implementation of volunteer engagement with urban farming and gardening programs in Richmond.

Richmond Crop Mob seeks help from volunteers to assist in the needs of Richmond’s urban farming and gardening community partners.






“Anywhere there’s dirt, a community can grow.” Rob Jones (Crop Mob participant)


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