Tour de Farms

This past weekend my wife, Sarah, and I participated in a local event called the Tour de Farms that raised funds for the Mass Ave Project, a local urban farm in the Elmwood area. As the name suggests, we rode our bicycles to a series of local farming initiatives and local food venues, eventually making our way (some 35 miles later) to Ole's Farm in Alden for a wonderful festival of food and music.

Our first stop was at Mass Ave. This is a great example of what urban farming is and can do. If you're looking for a research paper topic, then this might be a good one to look into . . .

The next stop was at Wilson Street Urban Farm. This is a fascinating experiment in urban farming because, unlike most other initiatives of this type that are done as a cooperative, it is family-run. In fact, the Stevens family lives off this land. Check out this article at Buffalo Rising.

Along the way, I got a flat--but thanks to the folks at Buffalo Green Options I was soon on my way.

We then made our way to Ole's for tons of delicious BBQ & great live tunes from Outer Circle Orchestra.