Join us as we ride to Rockaway to shop & take a tour of a successful youth-led Urban Farm Stand in partnership with GrowNYC.  The Rockaway Youth Task Force began as a response to the widespread damage to the Rockaway peninsula after Superstorn Sandy, resulting in the closing of many small stores and supermarkets.  Lack of healthy food options in the wake of this destruction, particularly for lower-income families and individuals in the Arverne Rockaway community prompted Rockaway Youth Task Force members to develop sustainable solutions for access to locally grown, low clost fresh produce that could be easily available to the residents.  The result was the successful launching of a youth-led Farmers Market and the building of one of the largest youth-run community Gardens on an empty lot secured through the NYC Parks Dept.

Let's help to support the farm and the neighborhood!  You can buy fresh fruits & vegetables - bring a back pack or bike pannier to bring back your purchases.  We will be picking up lunch at Goody's BBQ Chicken & Ribs West Indian Restaurant to eat picnic style back at the farm. Maybe an ice cream stop too.

This will be a moderate-lite ride, please be able to maintiain 12MPH in the front and the back will accommodate Happy Face riders.  You must be able to keep your speed at 10mph in the back.  Please feel comfortable riding over two bridges.  We will be starting at the Parade Grounds.

Come support a great cause , eat delicious  West indian Food , and dance ( bust out your BBC dance moves ) on a summer day in July