Fundraiser Ride Spotlights Pennsylvania Farms and Local Food
When: Sunday, September 26, 2010
Where: Ride begins and ends at Victory Brewing Company, 420 Acorn Lane, Downingtown, PA 19335 from approximately 7 am to 4 pm
Exton, PA. The lush farmland and beautiful landscapes of Southeastern Pennsylvania will be on view during the Bike Fresh Bike Local Chester County event in September. Organized in collaboration with area bike clubs, the bike tour welcomes riders of all abilities with a choice of three different routes–a 25-mile ride, a 50-mile ride and a 75-mile ride. New this year will be a “Family Fun” 5-mile ride.
The event will begin and end at Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown. The $35 advance registration fee includes a tee shirt, rest stops that feature energy drinks and wholesome snacks, and a post-ride lunch of local foods and one complementary Victory microbrew (for those 21 and older).
Bike Fresh Bike Local Chester County, whose proceeds benefit the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), takes its name from the Buy Fresh Buy Local national educational campaign and is meant to highlight those efforts.
“The route takes riders soaring along un-trafficked country roads next to small farms that tend to the land the way it should be tended, and raise the kind of foods we want our children to be eating,” says Royer Smith, one of the organizers.
“You’ll see bison and steers, horses and sheep, goats and chickens,” says Smith, a PASA supporter and executive chef at LaSalle University where he has staged local food events. “You’ll pass fields that were plowed by a farmer and his team of work horses, and you might have to slow down for horse-drawn vehicles on the road.”
To register: Visit our website http://pasafarming.org/our-work/regional-marketing/southeast-region/bike-fresh-bike-local
