Since our company’s humble beginning on Gary’s bike ride, the bicycle is in the CLIF Bar DNA. We love the bike for everything that it brings: fun, freedom and the fight against climate change, especially within 2 miles of where you live. We call it the 2 Mile Challenge.

This year’s 2 Mile Challenge welcomed thousands of registrants who helped avoid more than 65,000 car trips totaling upwards of 470,000 miles. From May 12 through October 31, participants logged bike trips to win points for their team to help us determine how to split up $100,000 in grants, which goes to some great nonprofit groups working for bike advocacy and the fight against climate change.  Clif Bar has been proud to partner this year with the Alliance for Biking and Walking, the Safe Routes to School Partnership and 350.org in helping to motivate more people to get on their bikes.

Read more about the grant giving on the 2 Mile Challenge blog, including even more details about 2011 stats and how you can get involved.

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Back in May, Clif Bar & Company hosted its first annual Charity Golf Tournament at Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland, which raised $30,000 for the Oncology Department at Kaiser Oakland.

Because this was the first time we’ve ever hosted a golf tournament, we wanted to make the experience memorable for our business partners who participated in the event. All the food was catered by our very own Kali’s Kitchen which included Momofuku Pork Buns on Hole #7, Tacos and Margaritas on Hole #10, and Hot Dogs on Hole #14. 

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Great news for all you CLIF SHOT users—we’re stoked to introduce a brand new flavor, available now in sports retail stores: CLIF SHOT BLOKS Citrus. Citrus rounds off the 8 SHOT BLOK flavors and we think you’re going to love it.

Citrus, the newest member of the SHOT BLOKS family, is a refreshing mix of lemon and lime will keep you moving mile after mile. Again, look for it now in your local specialty retailer.

Made with 95 percent organic ingredients, CLIF SHOT BLOKS provide an optimum blend of carbohydrates and electrolytes for essential energy and proper muscle function. Shaped like small cubes, BLOKS taste great and are easy to chew. Plus they’re simple to handle mid-run or mid-ride with their performance-friendly FASTPAK packaging that makes one-handed, on-the-go usage a breeze.

Be sure to let us know what you think of Citrus!

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Following Clif Bar’s Day of Action on October 1, Team CLIF Bar climber Cedar Wright submitted this video. Cedar was one of the participants in the Access Fund’s Day of Action event and created this piece based on his experience.

As Ceedy puts it, “I had the pleasure of taking part in Clif Bar’s Meet the Moment ‘Day of Action,’ which partnered with the Access Fund and their 2011 National Access and Stewardship Summit to do some trail work at North Table Mountain—the local climbing area of Golden Colorado. Clif bar and The Access Fund are both committed to preserving and respecting the outdoor places where we play, so I feel very lucky to be able to help out in my small way.”

We at Clif continue to be inspired by the people we work with and their passion for protecting the places we play! Big thanks to Cedar for sharing his time and his energy in capturing this day.

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Business formal attire is about as far away as you can get from the everyday outerwear that’s usually worn by Team CLIF BAR pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones when he goes to work. In fact, when a friend informed him that he’d been invited to Washington to speak on behalf of the winter sports industry about climate change, Jeremy had to call his brother to borrow a suit and tie.

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