<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><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">October 18, 2011 10:42:50 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>>, List Serve <<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:nwaeg-l@cornell.edu">nwaeg-l@cornell.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:BJMPTA@yahoogroups.com">BJMPTA@yahoogroups.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:farm-l@cornell.edu">farm-l@cornell.edu</a>>, <<a href="mailto:ithaca-list@googlegroups.com">ithaca-list@googlegroups.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>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>This Sunday: Crop Mob at Stick and Stone Farm!</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">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; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><font size="2">Hello Mobbers!</font><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">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 ;-).</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><hr></div><div><font size="2">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:</font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:15px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin-top:1em;margin-right:40px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:40px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;display:block"> <div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;word-wrap:break-word"> 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!<br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"><br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial">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.<br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"><br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"> 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.<br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"><br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"> <div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"> Getting started is easy and fun. Sign-up here to take the harvest challenge: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ithacacommunityharvest.peaksoverpoverty.org/" style="line-height:1.2em;text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(0, 51, 153);outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial" target="_blank">http://ithacacommunityharvest.peaksoverpoverty.org/</a> </div> <div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"> <br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"> <div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial;word-wrap:break-word"> <div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"> <hr>Pledges or not, we're looking forward to seeing you!</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-width:initial;outline-color:initial"> <br></div></div></div></span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><b>Where</b>: Stick and Stone Farm, 1605 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca (also known as Buffalo St., Cliff St., Rt. 96n) - 4.5 miles from downtown Ithaca</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><b>When</b>: Sunday October 23nd, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by lunch</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"> <b>Who</b>: you, your friends and family, your kids, but not your dog</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><b>What to bring</b>: place setting: plate, bowl, spoon/fork; dress for the weather, and for mud; full water bottle.</div> <div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">Please RSVP so we know how much lunch to make at: <a href="mailto:ithacacropmob@gmail.com" target="_blank">ithacacropmob@gmail.com</a></div> <div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">Thanks!</div><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>