the Porch goes to Bike The Barns
September 29, 2019
The Cure Porch on Wheels was at the Bike the Barns finish line on Sunday!
Bike the Barns is a recreational cycling tour supporting the rich agricultural movement of the North Country. The tour features farm stops en route and finishes with a meal of local food, beverages and live music. All proceeds are used to support local farms and a portion of every rider's event fee goes directly into the FarmShare fund. The FarmShare fund helps provide healthy food to low income households, and creates direct connections between farms and consumers.
The 2019 Bike the Barns finish line was at Tucker Farms! There cyclist were able to enjoy local food, and learn some local history on the Cure Porch on Wheels. For the occasion, we highlighted the rich history of local farms. Agriculture has a long history in the Adirondacks! Many of the earliest settlers survived through subsistence level farming and hunting. As the TB industry grew in Saranac Lake, the demand for produce increased, and the farms grew bigger. Tucker Farms itself has been in operation since the days of the civil war. It provided food for Paul Smith's hotel in the late 1800s, and by 1920s had become one of the North Country's premier potato farms.
Learn more about local farms here.
Bike the Barns is a recreational cycling tour supporting the rich agricultural movement of the North Country. The tour features farm stops en route and finishes with a meal of local food, beverages and live music. All proceeds are used to support local farms and a portion of every rider's event fee goes directly into the FarmShare fund. The FarmShare fund helps provide healthy food to low income households, and creates direct connections between farms and consumers.
The 2019 Bike the Barns finish line was at Tucker Farms! There cyclist were able to enjoy local food, and learn some local history on the Cure Porch on Wheels. For the occasion, we highlighted the rich history of local farms. Agriculture has a long history in the Adirondacks! Many of the earliest settlers survived through subsistence level farming and hunting. As the TB industry grew in Saranac Lake, the demand for produce increased, and the farms grew bigger. Tucker Farms itself has been in operation since the days of the civil war. It provided food for Paul Smith's hotel in the late 1800s, and by 1920s had become one of the North Country's premier potato farms.
Learn more about local farms here.
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