In the summer/fall of last year, The Women's Garden Cycles Bike Tour (our dear friends Lara Sheets, Kat Shiffler, and Liz Tylander) traversed the Northeastern coast on their bicycles from DC to Montreal on a quest to meet and document the new farmers in the US.
They visited community gardens, farmers markets, youth organizations, school gardens, urban farms, and many other organizations (complete list here), where they encountered hundreds of motivated educators, farmers, and community members who together are the architects of a new agricultural movement in the United States.
This past weekend, some WSC members were present as they premiered their documentary, Faces from the New Farm, in the beautiful meadows of the Blue Ridge Environmental Center in Loudoun Co., Virginia. It was a tremendously inspiring experience, full of delicious, homemade, local foods, excellent musical performances, a bit of homebrew, a trampoline, and even a bicycle powered generator. Here is a picture of me putting up my tent (thanks Abby).
A big thank you and good luck to the Women's Garden Cycles group as they promote and show their film. Hopefully we will have a chance to see it in the Philadelphia area soon!
Check out the trailer:
also:
“Pedaling the Local Food Movement” by Adrian Higgins, Home Section Washington Post
“The Incredible Cycling Garden Women” by Ed Bruske, The Slow Cook: The Urban Insurgent’s guide to real food for life…
“Young Gardening Revolutionaries Premiere Their Movie” by Susan Harris, Garden Rant: Uprooting the Garden World
88.1FM BSR Providence, Bike Talk! 9/26/07 - listen here.
“A Taste of New Jersey” by Amy Brummer, The Garden Plate
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2 comments:
This is awesome and inspiring!
we had an amazing time with you all! Thank you for coming and being a part of that very special event. you simply are the best!
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