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Buy Photo More than 50 people came to the finish line of the Fresh Tower holding placards and bells to cheer the runners [Photo: Ayrton Ostly / Le Californien] Buy photo
The biggest cycling race in the world, the Tour de France, is at the end of the week But on the other side of the planet in Monterey, the locals had their own cycling race, the Fresh Tower, which covered 285 miles of Californian terrain for four days before ending Thursday afternoon.
With Tanimura & Antle, California Giant Berry Farms and Taylor Farms settled in kiosks for an arrival line festival, Aptos' riders entered the Wharf Marketplace for a concert. cheers and bells.
This was the fourth and final stop of a tour at Kirkwood Ski Resort south of Lake Tahoe. Since Monday, runners sporting the green jerseys of the Fresh Tour have made their way south as part of the race to fund the Salad Bars to Schools initiative.
The initiative is helping school districts across the country set up salad bars in cafeterias to provide students with fresh fruits and vegetables.
One of four selected districts this year for the implementation of salad bars, the Laredo Independent School District in Laredo, Texas, has 23,000 students, 98.4% of whom live below the threshold of poverty
. Laredo ISD, I want to send a great abrazo to all of you, "said Roberto Cuellar, director of infant nutrition of the Laredo School District, to the cyclists. "You have positively influenced the lives of children who do not have access to fruits and vegetables."
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The Fresh Tour of 2018 raised $ 141,000 to help bring salad bars to school districts across the country with the help of the local farm business. (Photo: Ayrton Ostly / The Californian)
"This year, we chose four different school districts across the country to provide at least 10 salad bars for each school district," vice president of marketing for California Giant Berry Farms Cindy Jewell said. "It is so that we do not do it piecemeal but that we really have an impact on a community."
For the thousands of students included in the districts of Fairfax, Virginia; The city of Pueblo, Colorado; Vista, Calif. And Laredo, the salad bars will make the cafeterias provide some of the healthiest eating options available.
"We are very grateful," said Cuellar. "This is not easy for others to do, but it will have an impact on children's lives not only in Laredo, but also in other districts."
Church Brothers Farms, Mann Packing and Ocean Mist Farms sponsors the ride as well. Funds for this year's four districts reached $ 141,000 Thursday but donations are accepted until August 31st.
