Group begins bike tour to call attention to food, poverty

 A Vancouver-based group is taking direct action to call attention to extreme poverty and food needs, targeting folks in a region of Bolivia, but as an example of how the world should pay attention to food disparities, hunger and poverty.

Global Agents for Change (Global AFC) is taking a bite out of financial inequity – chewing on it for 3,000 miles in an enormous attempt to reduce extreme poverty.   This summer will mark the inaugural food tour that looks at food as means of reducing disparity.

Global AFC declares food sovereignty as the gateway to addressing economic and class issues, especially in a time of environmental change, because everyone needs to eat.

On June 27, the group will begin its long bike ride from Portland, OR to Boston, MA in order to raise awareness about the emancipatory power of local food. The group is fundraising $20,200 for the Tomoyo Region of Bolivia, where 89 percent of its population lives in extreme poverty.

The ride will celebrate localized food systems from coast to coast and look at local food as an act of solidarity with our Bolivian neighbors.

Each year, Global AFC launches amazing cycling journeys called Riding to Break the Cycle to provide an unparalleled opportunity to build a mobile community, while raising funds and awareness for global poverty.

While the focus is on poverty, this industrious activity is also an example of how folks can rally for a cause and at the same time make a different demonstration, using alternative energy, the bicycle, and one's feet.