Raleigh is a wonderful place to live, but for the past decade the
city has been falling steps behind the Western Triangle in the field of
grassroots agriculture. This is why I am taking the initiative to create a Crop
Mob for the Eastern Triangle region. A Crop Mob is a group of experienced
agrarian volunteers that can go out to a site and do a lot of work in a short
amount of time. This can be extremely helpful to a local small farmer trying to
make a living on their next harvest or a community that wants to start a garden,
but doesn't know where to start. You can take the time to check out the
successes Crop Mob has had in the Western Triangle region at their website: http://cropmob.org. They have been
very helpful to a lot of people and are excited about the prospects of other
Crop Mobs showing up across the country. Having a Crop Mob in Raleigh will
certainly strengthen the non-commercial agricultural efforts in the Triangle and
we may start to see more of the positive changes we've wanted to see for
years.

I am currently looking for volunteers in the Raleigh area with
agricultural experience who would like to help me organize the group. This would
include duties such as site prep, recruitment, tool acquiring, outreach, and
anything else we can think of. Beginners are very much welcome as well and I
encourage you to contact me to see how you can get involved. If all goes well I
would like to call our first mob within the next month at the IFFS farm. So, if you would
like to share some good knowledge, good food, good music, and good works... mob
my inbox! Please look through your email list and spread the word around
Raleigh.

Ciao,

Steven Horton
steven.p.horton@gmail.com
919-255-8346