Organized by Massachusetts Avenue Project, which has an urban farm on Buffalo's West Side, this Tour de Farms event was run in conjunction with GO Bike Buffalo (formerly in part Buffalo Blue Bikes). I know this is the fourth or so, but did not have the imagination to believe anyone else would be interested in riding 35 miles to visit urban and rural farms. How wrong I was. About 200 people showed up to visit and learn about the trials and tribulations of farming, both medium and small scale. 
MAP and the 2 other urban farms are utilizing totally different methods of working the soil from their rural counterpart, but both the medium and small are working towards what would be called sustainable farming- companion crops and rotation to reduce or negate pesticide use and the disregard for the "organic" certification for which I hold such disdain after my travels through California.
We probably were a very odd sight moving through Buffalo's rough and tumble East and West sides on our bikes. Not really a spandex crowd, it was a pleasant trip, which ended with a party. My kind of a ride.
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