10 Mar
Hi Bike2Farmers,
Today March 10th from 5:30 to 8:30 Bike2Farm will be participating in a public panel to discuss the future of biking in Montreal. This event is held at Concordia University: The 7th Floor lounge of the Henry F. Hall Building Sir George Williams Campus 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal, Quebec. Metro Guy-Concordia
Here is a link to the event https://www.facebook.com/events/360022594175054/
Come Join
3 Mar
Hello Bike2Farmers,
As you may have noticed (or not) there has not been much activity
for Bike2Farm. Bike2Farm is happy to announce that we are a working
group again!!!! At this very moment trips are being planned for this
summer for all to join. Bike2Farm is looking for volunteers to help with the
regrowth of the project and would be happy to invite any one to join. If
interested please contact at (bike2farm@gmail.com).
What is Bike2Farm?
Bike to Farm is a group who organizes bike trips to organic farms but is not
limitted to such.The Concordia Food Coalition and “Allego” have sponsored us; they
support us with finances and bike tools, thus trip costs are very low.
As for who we are, we are a working group under Concordia Food
Coalition! Bike2Farms group shares similar interests: we typically love the
outdoors, we bike, appreciate organic food, and want to treat the greater
ecology well.On our Bike2Farm trips you will typically experience bike touring and
organice farming. It’s a lot of physical activity in 3 days, it’s important that
those who come understand the implications of such a trip.
Our mandate
• Learn about and practice organic farming
• Provide links to farms
• Inspire
10 Sep
Hello Bike2Farmers,
As you may have noticed (or not) there has not been many Bike2Farm trips this summer. I have been interning on a farm myself (and commuting by bike : ) and have not had the time to organize any trips. BUT there are two trips planned for this harvest time!
1) First off, sorry for the late notice! : Saturday September 15th, 2012 to Jardin de la Resistance for their annual Harvest Party. We went last year it was fantastic! The trip is 78km and I will be guiding to the farm and Pauline (old bike2farmer) will be guiding it back. We will be leaving at 6:30am on Saturday.
Destination Address: 1150 rang des Botreaux, Ormstown, QC, J0S 1K0
To register, click on the ‘Trip Listing and Registration’ page and click on the word: [Registration Closed] fill out the boxes and I will get back to you soon.
2) Departure early on Friday October 5th, 2012. We will be biking 110km to Ferme Mélilot. I am suggesting that only people with some distance biking experience come on this trip. That said, I do encourage people to push their limits and am open to possibilities (email me and we will talk about it).
Departure Time: to be determined.
Destination Address: 5022 rue principal, Dunham, QC
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.
Hope you can make it!
Tell your friends : )
Happy Harvest,
Graham
14 Oct
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bike2Farm 