Join us as we ride through Sustainable Connection’s Farm to Table Trail in Ferndale and experience the local farm-fresh food scene by bike! Enjoy artisan cheese and sun-ripened blueberry samples as you get to know the farmers + market staff that supply Ferndale's food economy. Tour is 4 hours long, starting at 12:30pm and ending at 4:30pm. Bring your own bike, or ask us for bike rental shop recommendations. 

Farms we'll visit: 

o Appel farms: Family-owned cheese shop and dairy offering a varied selection of handcrafted cheese, including gouda, feta, and farmstead Swiss. 

o Oak meadow Farms: Pasture-based, regenerative livestock farm selling beef, pork, chicken, and eggs.

o Boxx Berry Farm: Farm store featuring fresh vegetables, berries, and flowers with u-pick berries and flowers.

o Twin Sisters Creamery: Family-owned and run creamery and blue cheese manufacturing facility with a total of 70 different cheese varietals 

Tour details & logistics: 

o Tour begins and ends at Appel Farms Cheese Market in Ferndale. Plenty of parking will be available. 

o Each farm stop will be about 25 minutes. Farmers/market staff will share their story, provide a behind-the-scenes tour of their operation and offer a tasting of their product or a gift certificate. 

o Tour is 17.7 miles round-trip. 

o Tour is appropriate for teens and adults (teens under 18 must be accompanied by an adult)

o Babies and toddlers in bikeseats can ride along for free

Focus of tour:

o Meet & greet with local food producers

o Compare methodologies between two local cheese-makers

o Witness regenerative livestock practices 

o Learn about Whatcom County’s prolific berry production 

o Experience Ferndale’s scenic byways