Trip 8 has been postponed!
Our trip to Little Forrest Community has been pushed to next weekend – Friday, October 21st to Sunday, October 23rd. For more information, see the next post.
2 Oct
Trip Number 8 – Registration now open!
From October 14th-16th, Bike2Farm will journey to the beautiful and peaceful Little Forrest Community to help out with their CSA farm. Little Forrest Community is in the Eastern Townships near Dunham, which is kindof sortof near Cowansville. (You may just want to check google maps if you’re still lost). As usual, we will be biking there on Friday, helping out on the farm on Saturday, and biking back to Montreal on Sunday. We will be riding on Route Verte bike paths for most of the way, including one that runs along the Chambly canal, and passes by two picturesque forts. Our rain date is the following weekend, October 21st-23rd.
This trip should be undertaken by experienced cyclists only. Little Forrest Community is 110 kilometres away. Although the way is relatively flat, not all the paths and roads are paved. Please do not register for this trip unless you have completed one bike ride of 80 km or more in the last month.
4 Sep
September Trip! Jardin de la Resistance is having their annual Harvest Party!
HELLO Bike2Farmers!
This is an announcement for the next Bike2Farm trip which is to Jardin de la Resistance. Yeah Harvest Party!
We will bike down to their farm on Friday the 16th of September, and return on Sunday the 18th.
To register, click on the ‘Trip Listing and Registration’ page and click on the word: [Registration Open] fill out the boxes and I will get back to you soon.
Please note that so far this trip has no rain date… so start sun dances asap. If you have any questions or concerns please email: bike2farm@gmail.com
Hope you can make it!
Tell your friends : )
Regards,
Graham
11 Aug
August Trip – Macdonald Student-run Ecological Gardens
HELLO Bike2Farmers!
This is an announcement for the next Bike2Farm trip. It will be to a farm on the western tip of the Island of Montreal called Macdonald Student-run Ecological Gardens. The departure date is set for the Friday the 19th of August with a return on the Sunday the 21st of August. We will be having a later departure time on Friday (say 4ish) so if you work during the day you could come on this one. The farmers take Sundays off, so we will be returning in the morning.
Here is there website: http://mseg.weebly.com/
Here is their address (well not exactly, but close):
21111 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9
The distance is about 40km.
To register, click on the ‘Trip Listing and Registration’ page and click on the word: [Registration Open] fill out the boxes and I will get back to you soon.
Please note that so far this trip has no rain date as of this time… so start sun dances asap. If you have any questions or concerns please email: bike2farm@gmail.com
Hope you can make it!
Tell your friends : )
Regards,
Graham
12 May
2011 First Trip!! Jardin de la Resistance is planting an Orchard!
HELLO Bike2Farmers!
This is an announcement for the first official Bike2Farm trip of 2011!!! It will be to Jardin de la Resistance. They are having a orchard planting party – in my books that is a gooood time.
We will bike down to their farm on Friday the 20th of May, and return on Sunday the 22nd.
To register, click on the ‘Trip Listing and Registration’ page and click on the word: [Registration Open] fill out the boxes and I will get back to you soon.
Please note that so far this trip has no rain date… so start sun dances asap. If you have any questions or concerns please email: bike2farm@gmail.com
Hope you can make it!
Tell your friends : )
Regards,
Graham
19 Oct
Trip 4 Registration ReOPENED!
Last Friday’s weather was wet, gray, windy and generally unpleasant. So the trip was canceled.
We had arranged a rain date with the farmers at La Terre Bleue (Jamie and Nora Quinn) and we are using it!
Check out the registration page to sign up!
I Hope you’ll come
gb
2 Oct
The October Trip – La Terre Bleue
Hello bik’n farmers!
The next Bike2Farm trip will be held from Friday, October 15th to Sunday, October 17th.
We are heading South West to La Terre Bleue. The route is about 95 km.
I imagine the route is going to be stunning! The trees are all changing as move deep into autumn. The farms are still harvesting all kinds of fruits and veggies and this is a big organic farm, so that means there is lots to do!
This trip will have 2 departure dates. Bettina Grassman will be guiding the majority of the group down on Friday morning. Leaving 10ish and arriving in the late afternoon. All who register are strongly encouraged to head down on Friday as this way they will have more time on the farm. A second group guided by myself (Graham Bradley) will leave VERY early Saturday morning. I have class Friday and am determined to head down and arrive in time to help out. For those who wish to join me for a 6:30am start, be aware that this group will be maintaining an average speed of at least 20km/hr. If you do not feel that you can maintain this speed, please make arrangements to head down on Friday.
The farmers will be supplying us with all the delicious organic veggies we can eat and other food. As per usual, all meals will be vegetarian with a vegan option. If you have other dietary needs please email bike2farm@gmail.com to inform us so that we can accommodated you as best we can; that said please bring what extra food you feel is necessary to meet your needs.
While everyone needs a sleeping bag (if you don’t have one we will find you one) we will not be camping. There is enough space for the group to sleep indoors.
There is space for only 10 to 12 people, so please register asap!
If the weather turns really wet, we have arranged with the farmers (Nora Johnston & Jamie Quinn) for the trip to be postponed until the next weekend (October 22nd – 24th).
If you are interested in attending, please go to “Trip Listing and Registration” and click the link.
If you have anymore questions, email us.
I can’t wait!
Regards,
Graham Bradley
2 Aug
Next Bike2Farm trip!
Danny here,
The last trip to ferme d’ambroisie was great! We all had a great time, I was personally touched by the peacefulness. Francis, who runs the crops, really makes sure to surround the vegetables with good energy, it was personally inspiring to feel such deep calm and gentleness from him.
You can see the website here: www.lesjardinsdambroisie.com
I will be organizing the next trip and on my list of priorities are: a) a safe and enjoyable bike ride, b) Farm owners who will enjoy our company and us theirs, and c) ensuring that everyone is well fed. Let the planning begin!
Pictures from the previous farms are coming soon!
22 Jul
TRIP 3 POSTPONED TO NEXT WEEKEND!
I have decided to postpone the trip to next weekend, July 30th to August 1st. I have reopened registration for the trip! There are no other available dates for this trip, so it’s going to happen next weekend… unless Thundershowers are in the forecast…
Sorry for any inconvenience to those who already registered, for others this might give you an opportunity to come!
See “Trip Listing and Registration” page.
14 Jul
July’s Trip
Hello everyone,
The next Bike2Farm trip will be held next weekend from Friday, July 23rd to Sunday, July 25th. We will be visiting les Jardins d’Ambroisie.
Les Jardins d’Ambroisie is located in St-Chrysostome, which is a little less then 60km from Montreal. The route is very flat and follows a combination of bike path and fairly quiet roads the entire way. This would be a great trip for people who do not have a lot of experience.
If the forecast looks bad we will be postponing the trip to the following weekend (July 30th to August 1st). The farmers are already aware of this. That said we have already started preforming regular sun dances so chances are we will come back with a nice dose of vitamin D under our skin.
We will be camping on the farm which means we will be bringing tents, sleeping bags, mats, etc.
The farmers will be supplying us with all the delicious organic veggies we can eat; apparently they have cucumbers coming out of their ears!
If you are interested in attending, please go to “Trip Listing and Registration” and click the link.
It’s going to be great!
