About 100 bicyclists will pedal through Kent on Saturday, March 3 as part of the Streets & Beets 2012 Bike Ride from Seattle to Auburn.
The bicyclists are expected to hit Kent between 11 a.m. and noon along the Interurban Trail.
ONE, an advocacy organization with more than 44,000 members in Washington dedicated to poverty-reduction in Africa, is joining with Alleycat Acres, an urban farming collective with three locations in Seattle, to organize the ride.
Riders will start at the MLK FAME Community Center on East Republican Street in Seattle to Seattle Tilth’s Farm Works (formerly known as the United People’s Farm) in Auburn. Seattle Tilth Farm Works is currently working with Somali refugee families to grow and market organic produce.
The fundraiser aims to rally rural and urban farmers around the importance of supporting agriculture, both domestically and in the developing world. This is the second annual bike race fundraiser for the farm, which raised more than $15,000 during its inaugural year in 2011.
The rider who raises the most money will win an all-expenses paid trip to Washington D.C., where they will visit the ONE headquarters and have the opportunity to tour a number of urban farms in the nation’s capital.
For more information about ONE, visit www.ONE.org. For information about Alleycat Acres, go to www.Alleycatacres.com.
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