My 25th annual bike ride to the Eco Farm Conference fundraiser.

Hello, my name is Ken Foster.

The year 2026 will be the 25th year of my annual 55-mile ride from Santa Cruz to Pacific Grove. I will begin my ride on January 19th, I will stop overnight in Moss Landing and arrive at the Asilomar conference grounds in Pacific Grove by Wednesday the 21st for our pre-conference we are calling, Permaculture and Land Stewardship in a Changing Climate

https://www.eco-farm.org/pre-conference

I am on the planning committee for the Ecological Farming Conference and have been for over thirty years. Since 2000, I have ridden my bicycle from Santa Cruz, CA to the Asilomar conference grounds in Pacific Grove, CA to attend the conference. The first year nine of us rode together. Since then I have been joined by many others and for many years have done it solo. It is my annual sojourn. If you are interested in riding along send me a chat notice.

For my 25th ride, I want to raise 10,000.00 for the non-profit Ecological Farming Association

their website ...https://www.eco-farm.org

with $ 5,000 earmarked for the Eco Farm 2026 Pre-Conference called - Permaculture and Land Stewardship in a Changing Climate

https://www.eco-farm.org/pre-conference

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Location: Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California

Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

The balance of the money will be made available to the Ecological Farming Association to be used for conference scholarships.

Please join me in supporting the Eco Farm conference by donating to this fundraising ride!

More about me:

I founded and co-own Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping with my wife Jillian in Santa Cruz, CA. Here is a link to our website. https://www.terranovalandscaping.com

I have taught the Permaculture course at Cabrillo College since 2012.

https://success.cabrillo.edu/Student/Courses/Search?subjects=HORT

I served on the board of directors of the Eco Farm Association from 1992 to 2002 and have served on the planning committee for the conference since 1992. The workshop topics I like to shepard at the conference as listed above are...Permaculture, Gardening, Homesteading, Landscaping, and Urban Farming. This effort is to support these topics at the conference held at the Asilomar conference grounds. https://www.visitasilomar.com annually in January.

Please join me!