Tag: alleycat acres

March 14, 2014

Registration open for annual Alleycat Acres fundraiser ride Streets & Beets

The annual fundraiser bike ride for urban farming collective Alleycat Acres is May 10, and registration is open now. A 65-mile ride around Lake Washington and to the Snoqualmie River, Streets & Beets has a history of being many people’s first ever long group bike ride. In 2012, 64 percent of riders were women. The…
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May 2, 2013

Sponsor me to ride Streets & Beets 2013

I’ve been bad. It’s three days until the Alleycat Acres Streets & Beets 2013 ride, and I haven’t even started raising the $100 I need. Can you help me out? Registration closed Wednesday, but here are two ways to contribute: You can donate directly below. Money raised will support Alleycat Acres, an awesome urban farming…
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February 7, 2013

Registration open for Alleycat Acres Streets & Beets fundraiser ride

Urban farming collective Alleycat Acres has opened registration for its 2013 fundraiser bike ride. Past Streets & Beets rides were were a lot of fun not just because they are for a good cause, but because they attract a lot of people who have never done a long group bike ride before. And while some…
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June 6, 2012

Saturday: Community bike ride will tour breathtaking Central District gardens

Alleycat Acres and Central Cinema are leading a community bike ride around the Central District Saturday to tour the incredible back yard gardens in my neighborhood. Biking from garden-to-garden last year was one of the highlights of my summer (well, ok, almost summer), so I’m very excited that there will be a community bike ride…
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tagged: alleycat acres, central cinema, central district, central district news, events, garden tour, madison valley
April 3, 2012

New Alleycat Acres farm is shaped like a bike wheel

They call it a “sprocket garden.” Inspired by the wonderful relationship between bicycles and urban agriculture, farming collective Alleycat Acres has designed their newest farm (on MLK just north of Cherry) after a bike wheel. A central hub plot forms the center, and the other plots branch out like spokes.
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tagged: alleycat acres, urban agriculture
March 6, 2012

Bucking bike commute trend, majority of riders on 70-mile Alleycat Acres ride were women

Saturday’s 70-mile Alleycat Acres fundraising bike ride was no walk in the park. It included miles of busy highway shoulders and a 700-foot climb to the high-ground United People’s Farm in Auburn. Many people I talked to said it was by far the longest bike ride they had ever done. Compared to this ride, biking…
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tagged: alleycat acres, elly blue, liz nixon, streets and beets 2012, women