Urban Farm Bike Tour Benefits Weavers Way

For the eighth year in a row Weavers Way Co-op will celebrate Philadelphia’s urban farming scene with a bike tour across the city.

More than 150 riders will leave Greensgrow Farms in Kensington on Sept. 7, and then wind their way through Philadelphia neighborhoods visiting farms along the way.

The ride will feature two routes intended to be ridden at a moderate pace.

The longer ride, at 29.5 miles, heads to West Philadelphia and on to Roxborough and Germantown before returning to Kensington. It visits:

• Walnut Hill Farm and Neighborhood Foods CSA Farm in West Philadelphia.
• Weavers Way’s Henry Got Crops Farm at W.B. Saul High School in Roxborough.
• Weavers Way’s main production farm at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown.
• Grumblethorpe farm and historic house in Germantown.

The shorter ride, at 21.5 miles, heads to West Philadelphia and Southwest Philadelphia, then to South Philadelphia and North Philadelphia before returning to Kensington. It visits:

• Mill Creek Farm and Farm 51 in West Philadelphia.
• Bartram’s Garden Farm in Southwest Philadelphia.
• Novick Brothers Farm in South Philadelphia.
• Teens4Good Farm in North Philadelphia.

The ride benefits the nonprofit Weavers Way Community Programs, which provides farm education at Weavers Way Co-op’s two farms and runs a farm and education program at Stenton Family Manor in Mt. Airy, one of the city’s largest shelters for homeless women and children.

In addition to Weavers Way, major ride sponsors include Clean Currents, Philadelphia Brewing Company and Tees Delivered.

The cost to riders is $35 per person for online registration before Sept. 3, $45 on the day of the ride (cash or check only). To register online, click here.