Ah, a trip to the farm. If I could, I would live on a farm among the animals. And, if I could pick a farm, I'd probably pick the Straus Family Creamery on the Tomales Bay. Those cows have it good. The Clif Bar crew took a tour of the dairy farm earlier this week and got a look at the ins and outs of what makes their family-owned dairy farm churn (pun intended). We visited with the calves and hung out with the cows lounging in the sun who were taking time off from getting milked. They were so…

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Oh Erik and his mind games...A ghost? Perhaps. Perhaps not. It was, after all, quite a blustery day down at Sea Otter. It's not every day your ragtag three piece blues/punk/funk outfit gets asked to jam on the top of the 2 Mile Challenge bus during the Clif Bar party at Sea Otter. And when you throw in the fact that Clif Founder/Owner Gary Erickson had offered to sit in on the trumpet during the gig, it was an offer we couldn't refuse. And, despite gale-force winds that forced us to play more like under the bus rather than on…

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Visiting my old pod the other day (way WAY over on the east side on of the building), I stumbled upon a very sweet moment. Buckley was helping owner Ryan with his budget. Judging from the smiles on their faces, they must have just had a breakthrough. Excel spreadsheets, bringing species together since 1993.

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Ever had one of those days...you know, where you casually eat 13 Clif Bar products in a 5 hour period? Sure, during a race, no problem—Shots and Bloks go down like nothing. But this slow feast had zero to do with working-out, runs, or long rides. Just puttering around the apartment doing chores, grazing as I felt the urge. Apparently I had a lot of urges—bars, gels, gummies, twisted fruit, everything. I'm pretty well known for downing copious amounts of Clif products (Food scientists could do quite the study on me by now—still feeling great after 6 years of outrageous…

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Last week, I started my four and a half month-long journey with Marina—my companion for the long road ahead (pun intended). Marina, one of Clif Bar's biodiesel-loving Dodge Sprinters, and I will travel the highways, byways, interstates and country roads together, visiting coffee shops, deli's, smoothie/juice shops, and a bunch of other places, talking about our bars, and seeing all the sights along the way. We'll start our journey at the sandy beaches of San Diego and, if all goes as planned, make our way up to the rocky cliffs of Seattle. With the back of my truck filled with…

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