Tag: alleycat acres

March 16, 2011

Alleycat Acres ride raises over $15,000

People who signed up for Alleycat Acres’ Ride Hard Grow Forth fundraiser two weekends ago raised a staggering $15,142.36 for the urban farming collective. That’s 252 percent of their $6,000 goal, said Alleycat Acres‘ Sean Conroe in an email to participants. I am excited to see what the group, which currently operated farms on Beacon…
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tagged: alleycat acres, events, fundraisers, ride hard grow forth
March 7, 2011

Incredible weather graces Alleycat Acres 60-mile ride

I’m sure I am not the only “Ride Hard Grow Forth” rider who started gnawing on their fingernails after seeing photos and hearing stories of sludge and near-freezing temperatures during the Chilly Hilly. But fate was kind to riders who signed up for the 60-mile ride to raise funds for urban farming collective Alleycat Acres…
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tagged: alleycat acres, events, ride hard grow forth, rides
February 8, 2011

Sponsor me on the Alleycat Acres ride and I will give you ad space

I am one of the 100 riders who will circle Lake Washington to support urban farming collective Alleycat Acres. I pledged to raise at least $60, and I have just short of a month to do it. But let’s aim a little higher.
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tagged: advertisements, alleycat acres, donate, ride hard grow forth
December 14, 2010

Register for Alleycat Acres’ March ride: Your chance to power urban farms by bike

Registration is now open for Ride Hard, Grow Forth, a bike ride to raise funds for Alleycat Acres scheduled for March 5. Seattle Bike Blog is an ally of the event, which is gathering quite a coalition.
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tagged: alleycat acres, ride hard grow forth
November 18, 2010

Riding bikes to support urban farming

What’s cooler than growing food in vacant urban space? Riding bikes around Lake Washington to support urban farming! Alleycat Acres is in the begining stages of planning a fantastic-sounding fundraiser bike ride. Registration will start in early December, and the ride will be in early March.
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tagged: alleycat acres, events, farming, rides
August 9, 2010

Bikestravaganza coming to town Saturday (also, best tattoo ever)

Best tattoo ever at 0:40 Coming out of Portland, Bikestravaganza is a touring “evening of bike talk, bike zines, and short movies about transportation activism.” Basically, the goal of the tour is to talk about what is good and bad about biking in Portland and to discuss what is happening in towns on the West…
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tagged: alleycat acres, bikestravaganza, portland