[ShareTompkins] Fwd: This Sunday: Crop Mob at Stick and Stone Farm!

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Rachel Firak <rfirak at gmail.com>
> Date: October 18, 2011 10:42:50 PM EDT
> To: <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu>, List Serve <TC-HSC-L at cornell.edu 
> >, <nwaeg-l at cornell.edu>, <BJMPTA at yahoogroups.com>, <farm-l at cornell.edu 
> >, <ithaca-list at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: This Sunday: Crop Mob at Stick and Stone Farm!
> Reply-To: Rachel Firak <rfirak at gmail.com>
>
> Hello Mobbers!
> Fall is here, and it's time to dig roots!  All summer long beet and  
> carrot plants have been channeling nutrients down their leaves,  
> sending tiny roots into the soil, and collecting energy in their  
> orange and red sweet and crisp roots.  Come help Lucy and Chaw of  
> Stick and Stone Farm dig and pull the roots which will be stored and  
> dolled out over the winter to CSA members, local restaurants and  
> grocery stores.  You might even toss one in your cart at Greenstar  
> later this year ;-).
> Special Note: this mob is an opportunity for you to help raise money  
> to support low-income families in our area in getting healthy farm- 
> fresh food.  You can get pledges for each pound of root veg. you  
> harvest at Stick and Stone and the money goes straight to Ithaca  
> Community Harvest, which, among other things, funds the BJM Fresh  
> Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program.  Here's some info:
>> Challenge yourself to be a farmer for an hour or afternoon and join  
>> a growing movement of farmers and community members working  
>> cooperatively to grow healthy farms and families!
>>
>> Spend a beautiful autumn day harvesting food on a local farm. The  
>> fruits of your labor will provide youth with fresh snacks at school  
>> and enable low-income families to cook healthy meals. Invite  
>> family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to join you in  
>> harvesting, or ask them to join you by making a monetary pledge in  
>> support of your challenge.
>>
>> The money you raise will help Ithaca Community Harvest provide farm  
>> fresh food to schools, community centers, and homes in Ithaca who  
>> do not have access to healthy, organic produce.
>>
>> Getting started is easy and fun. Sign-up here to take the harvest  
>> challenge: http://ithacacommunityharvest.peaksoverpoverty.org/
>>
> Pledges or not, we're looking forward to seeing you!
>
> Where: Stick and Stone Farm, 1605 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca (also  
> known as Buffalo St., Cliff St., Rt. 96n) - 4.5 miles from downtown  
> Ithaca
> When: Sunday October 23nd, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by lunch
> Who: you, your friends and family, your kids, but not your dog
> What to bring: place setting: plate, bowl, spoon/fork; dress for the  
> weather, and for mud; full water bottle.
>
> Please RSVP so we know how much lunch to make at: ithacacropmob at gmail.com
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -- 
> Rachel Firak
> Program Assistant
> Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming
> PO Box 6679
> Ithaca, NY  14851
>
> Are you an aspiring farmer or market gardener? Check out  
> Groundswell's sustainable agriculture education programs at www.groundswellcenter.org 
> !
>

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