Welcome to our fundraising page. We are planning on doing this ride as a family as a way to have fun, be healthy, and promote access to healthy food for all people. It feels very important for us as parents to model this kind of activism for our children. We hope that you will join us in supporting this great local cause.
The Food Justice Bike Ride is a great example of how a Community can come together to support a worthwhile cause while having fun doing it. The funds raised through my participation in this ride will benefit the below poverty level families who acquire their food from Just Roots Farm (a non-profit 501c3 cooperative) using their participation in the Healthy Incetives Program which operates under SNAP (commonly know as the Food Stamp program). The total dollars raised will provide each family with a $100 credit toward the cost of their farm share. This is nutritious food which will help these families eat right while keeping our local non-profit farm operating. We hope to raise enough money to cover up to 100 families. All monies raised through fundraising and registration fees will go directly toward benefitting these families.
All contributions are most welcome.
Food Justice Bike Ride - 2019
The 2019 Food Justice Bike Ride will take place on June 30 with the start and finish taking place at the Just Roots Community Farm in Greenfield, Ma. All entry fees and fundraising $ will subsidize low income families who purchase their food shares at Just Roots Community Farm, a non-profit 501c3 cooperative that grows food and provides educational seminars on farming. The rides of 18 and 42 miles will venture over the rolling hills in the countryside of Franklin County. There will be refreshment stops and a meal provided at the end that will be catered by Stone Soup Cafe. The entry fee is $30 and the suggested fundraising goal for each participant is $150 and for each team, $750. The event is capped at a total of 100 riders.
Food Justice Bike Ride is a newly formed 501 (c) (3) non-profit company created with the mission to create and operate local bike rides for the purpose of fighting hunger in our community. We plan to do this by raising funds through rider entry fees and participant fundraising to directly benefit those in the community who are in need of nutritious food. This year's ride will benefit below poverty level income families acquire nutritious food from a local non-profit 501c3 cooperative, Just Roots Greenfield Community Farm as part of their CSA Farm Shares program. Qualifying families will receive a generous subsidy from this program. We hope to benefit up to 100 families.