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Watauga County Democratic Party’s ‘Buy Local’ Cash Mob Movement Visits Rutherwood, Deep Gap

May 28, 2013. The Cash Mob first visited Earthwood Farm, a recently opened organic 2-acre hobby farm in Rutherwood. The farm has numerous unique and creative outbuildings and barns crafted by the owners themselves, often with recycled materials. Mobbers bought fresh eggs, herb plants, carrots, radishes, a variety of fresh lettuces, and handmade hypertuffa pots. The children were more interested in the tractors, and the farm’s chickens, pygmy goats, and Ophelia the donkey. Photo by Lonnie Webster

Watauga Democratic Party Hosts Third Cash Mob – $1,500 Spent at Miller Farm Supply, Hill Top Drive-In

Sept. 26, 2012. The Watauga County Democratic Party started out its third “cash mob” in Zionville Saturday morning, visiting David G Miller Farm Supply, where “mobbers” bought everything from rain boots and gardening hoes to fresh eggs. The group then crowded into Hill Top Drive-In for old-fashioned milkshakes and burgers.

Watauga County Democratic Party ‘Cash Mob’ Two Local Businesses on Saturday – Spending Nearly $3,000

Aug. 27, 2012. The Watauga County Democratic Party “cash mobbed” another two Watauga County local businesses on Saturday, August 25, as a part of their “buy local” project. The owner of the Appalachian Antique Mall in downtown Boone reported that the “mob” spent “just under $2,000” in her establishment.

Watauga Democrats to Organize Another ‘Cash Mob’ to Benefit Local Businesses on Saturday, Aug. 25

Aug. 20, 2012. The Watauga County Democratic Party is organizing another “cash mob” that will visit two Boone businesses on Saturday, Aug. 25. The Democrats have chosen the Appalachian Antique Mall in downtown Boone and the Mountain House Restaurant in New Market Centre to “mob.”

Democrats Organize ‘Cash Mob’ to Benefit Local Businesses Saturday, July 28, at Village Hardware and Papa Joe’s

July 17, 2012. The Watauga County Democratic Party is organizing a “cash mob” that will visit two Blowing Rock businesses on Saturday, July 28. A “cash mob” is a way to encourage people to support small, local businesses by spending money as a group to give the business owners a little bit of economic stimulus.