The Clif Family Farm’s first Annual Harvest Party's coming up in September (September 19th; it’s closer than you think!). We’re inviting 100 of our friends to join owners Gary and Kit and our winemaker Sarah Gott for a night celebrating local food and the start of the Northern California harvest. We’ll have all sorts of foodie-ish goings on to help ring in the season. Olive oil tastings? Check. Tours of the farm? Why, of course. Wood-fired pizzas? Deliciousness. Food and wine pairings? Wouldn’t be the same without them. And in the spirit of local foods, fresh produce from the…

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Aliy and her crew lost contact with the interwebs while finishing up their journey from the Missouri River to the Mississippi. Read on for their story from the roads of Iowa. Days 3-7 of RAGBRAI, a bit delayed. Day 3: Everyday is a Spandex Party Day If you aren’t a fan of spandex, maybe RGBRAI isn’t for you. Lucky for us, we LOVE spandex and all the fun it brings out…or keeps in. Whether you’re in red, green, black, or yellow, on RAGBRAI, less is more and tube socks are NOT allowed. The all-day bicycle fest plus the Iowa heat…

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Aliy and her crew are off and pedaling in Iowa. They found a brief internet connection and managed to muster up a few words about their ride...And so, Days 1 and 2 recapped below. Enjoy! Day 1: Better than we imagined Picture this… Small town America meets 17,000 beer-loving, fried-food consuming, spandex-covered cyclists, all of whom are ready to wash down a CLIF Bar with a cold one…even for breakfast at 8am. Our best description of RAGBRAI so far? Bike ride meets multi-day music festival, meets small town hospitality, meets eating and drinking your heart out! Not so easy…

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Is this heaven? No—it's RAGBRAI… The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) is a week-long venture where two-wheelers (of the pedaling-variety) embark on a 472-mile ride across the state of Iowa—hence, the name. As the ride turns 37-years old this year, the Midwestern-based Clif Bar team has decided to roll through. The ride begins Sunday July 18 on the Western border of Iowa and finishes Sunday July 25th at the edge of the Mississippi River. That’s a whole lot of riding, and handing out Clif Bars, too. Aliy (our Chicago Field Marketing Rep), Eric, Brian, and Adam…

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A few weeks back, David, our one-man team located over in England, participated in a two-day, off-road charity bike ride on behalf of the Southdown Children’s Nursery and The Point Foundation. While we were busy singing Happy Birthday to our nation, 60 riders (including David, himself) were riding the 100-mile course, winding through South Downs Way—that’s from Winchester to Eastbourne, all along the South Coast of England. If you’ve never been to that part of the world, just know the route involves quite a few climbs and equally as many descents (what goes up, must come down, right?). Well, turns…

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