Monthly Archives: February 2010

New York Times “Field Report: Plow Shares”

Christine Muhlke of the New York Times Magazine spent an overcast January day at a Crop Mob event right around the corner from Circle Acres.  She said the article would be out in April, but it must have gotten bumped … Continue reading

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Five weeks from Saturday

Saturday morning the first set of piglets were born on Okfuskee Farm.  Okfuskee is just a few miles from Circle Acres and the source of the first pigs we raised last year.  This year we are getting four pigs from … Continue reading

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Crop Mob: A lesson in theory

innovation n 1 : the introduction of something new 2 : a new method, idea or device Crop Mob is simply an innovation in farm work and organizing.  Taking the old idea of community labor, a small group of farm … Continue reading

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