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Twin Cities Crop Mob- Cornercopia

Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CT)

Saint Paul, MN

Twin Cities Crop Mob- Cornercopia

Ticket Information

Type Remaining End     Quantity
Mobster 2 tickets Ended Free  

Event Details

The Twin Cities Crop Mob will be descending on U of M student farm Cornercopia on Saturday, June 12. The farm's mission statement, from their website:

To steward a student managed, organic, sustainable farm that provides food, a place for community building, multidisciplinary education, research and outreach.

 

TIME: 10:00 AM - 5 PM; Saturday, June 12

 

FORECAST: (As of Friday at 12:45pm) High of 73 and a 40% chance of rain.

 

FOOD: The U of M's Campus Club will generously donate 30 sandwich boxes for a Crop Mob lunch on the day of the event. A third will be vegetarian.  Please note: We're capping this event at 30 tickets now!

 

LOCATION: The U of M agricultural fields are located southeast of the Cleveland Avenue North and Larpenteur Avenue intersection in St. Paul See Google map on this page).


Here's a link to a map of the St. Paul campus. 

 

To reach the Cornercopia Farm fields via Larpenteur, go south on Gortner, turn east on Dudley and park in the Louise and Doug Leatherdale Equine Center lot. After parking, follow signs directing you to the Cornercopia field.

 

To reach Cornercopia via Cleveland, turn east on Folwell Avenue, turn south on Gortner, turn east on Dudley, and park in the Louise and Doug Leatherdale Equine Center lot. After parking, follow signs directing you to the Cornercopia field.


The parking lot is about 50 feet from the Cornercopia field where we'll be hauling alfalfa and weeding.

 

If you would like to arrange carpooling to Cornercopia, leave a note to that effect on the Twin Cities Crop Mob Facebook wall, on Twitter with hashtag #tccropmob, or email Barth Anderson at barthanderson atsymbol earthlink dot net.

 

EQUIPMENT: Sun hat; sun block; garden gloves; sturdy work boots that can get muddy (no open-toed shoes of any kind!); rain poncho; rain hat; galoshes or water-proof footwear; long pants to protect your skin from scratches; full water bottle (or two); energy snacks that you can keep in your pocket; camera; Flip camera; etc.

With cars and ample parking very nearby, we can stash needed equipment, for unpredictable weather. (There is no rain date for this event, for we are a tough and relentless Crop Mob.)

 

NOTE: We lower the total event capacity when we receive confirmation that other Crop Mobsters have signed up away from Eventbrite.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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