<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Rachel Firak <<a href="mailto:rfirak@gmail.com">rfirak@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 12, 2011 3:33:24 PM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] July 16th: Crop Mob at Sweet Land Farm in Trumansburg!</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div>It is better to irrigate all seeds, for you do not know which one will bear fruit first. - Burundi proverb<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>Summer is here! And our midsummer crop mob is right around the corner. Come crop mob with us!<br> <br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>WHERE:</b> Sweet Land Farm, 9732 State Route 96, Trumansburg, NY 14886</span></font><br> <b>WHEN:</b> July 16th, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., followed by lunch<br><b>WHAT:</b> Midsummer maintenance! Possibly on the menu: weeding, thinning, harvesting, mulching, lots of possibilities!<br><b>WHO:</b> Mobbers of all ages<br> <b>WHY:</b> Crop mobbing is awesome!<br><b>FARMERS:</b> Evangeline Sarat and Paul Martin<br> <br><b>What to bring:</b><br>Please wear closed toed shoes, weather appropriate clothing, hat, and sunscreen.<br>Please bring full water bottles for yourselves.<br>Wear gloves if you have them.<br> Bring a place setting (plate, bowl, cup, fork, spoon, napkin) for the meal.<br>Kids are welcome, supervised by their parents.<br>Please leave your pets at home.<br><br><b>How to sign up:</b><br>If you know for sure you'd like to come, please RSVP to <a href="mailto:ithacacropmob@gmail.com" target="_blank">ithacacropmob@gmail.com</a>. Is this your first time crop mobbing? We would love to have you!<br> Please include in your RSVP email any dietary restrictions or special circumstances we should know about.<br><br><b>CARPOOLING!</b><br>Get to know your fellow crop mobbers and save fuel- request or offer a ride. If you are able to offer a ride OR if you need a ride, please let us know in your RSVP email and we'll try to connect you with others.<br> <br><b>Directions from Ithaca:</b><br>Going north from Ithaca, take Route 96 through the village of Trumansburg. Once the speed limit turns from 45 to 55mph, the farm is on the left-hand (west) side of the road.<br> <br><b>About the farm:</b><br>Sweet Land Farm is an organic CSA-only vegetable and small fruit farm in Trumansburg, NY. They have a beautiful young operation and a beautiful young family. Sweet Land's harvest dinner to benefit Healthy Food for All will be the next day, and we may be doing some harvesting or beautification to help them prepare for it.<br> <br>You can read more about Sweet Land Farm here: <a href="http://www.sweetlandfarm.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sweetlandfarm.org/</a><br><br>See you on the 16th!<br><br>Kate, Sam and Rachel <br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)">Rachel Firak</span><br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)">Program Assistant</span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><br> Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming</span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><br>PO Box 6679</span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><br>Ithaca, NY 14851</span><br><br><i><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Are you an aspiring farmer or market gardener? Check out Groundswell's sustainable agriculture education programs at </span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><a href="http://www.groundswellcenter.org" target="_blank">www.groundswellcenter.org</a>!</span><br> </span></i><br> </font></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)">Rachel Firak</span><br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)">Program Assistant</span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><br> Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming</span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><br>PO Box 6679</span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><br>Ithaca, NY 14851</span><br><br><i><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Are you an aspiring farmer or market gardener? Check out Groundswell's sustainable agriculture education programs at </span><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><a href="http://www.groundswellcenter.org" target="_blank">www.groundswellcenter.org</a>!</span><br> </span></i><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>