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Thursday, March 9, 2023
Contact: Hannah Flath, hannahlee.flath@sierraclub.org, 860-634-0225
Old Bakery Beer Company’s Buzz’d Beer Festival to Benefit Sierra Club Illinois’ Work to Protect Pollinators
ALTON, IL -- Old Bakery Beer Company’s highly anticipated “Buzz’d Beer Festival” returns this year, and ten percent of the ticket sales will support the Piasa Palisades Group of Sierra Club Illinois’ work to protect pollinators across Illinois. The festival will take place on Sunday, March 19, from 1 to 5 PM at Old Bakery Beer Co. in historic downtown Alton.
The Buzz’d Beer Festival celebrates the pollinators that make our food, flowers, and even our beer possible. Participating local breweries will showcase a beer that includes a pollinated ingredient to raise awareness about the importance of native pollinators. Festival-goers can also pick up free native wildflower seeds at the event.
“Old Bakery Beer Company has long been a fantastic community partner, and we are grateful that they find opportunities like the Buzz’d Beer Festival to support Sierra Club’s work,” said Christine Favilla, co-Coordinator of the Three Rivers Project of Sierra Club Illinois. “Sierra Club Illinois aims to educate and inform community members about the importance of pollinators, and the Buzz’d Beer Festival is a fun and interactive way to do just that. Pollinators like Monarch butterflies and bees face significant threats—whether from habitat loss, the use of pesticides, or the disastrous effects of climate change—and our work to protect them is more crucial now than ever.”
It’s estimated that one of every three bites of food that we eat is related to the actions of pollinators. The decline of pollinators thus deeply impacts Illinois’ agricultural economy and food production. Sierra Club Illinois works to support policies that protect pollinators and their habitats, educate the public about the importance of pollinators, and conserve pollinators’ habitats. Staff and volunteers also help plant and maintain seven pollinator projects in the Riverbend region.
Tickets to the Old Bakery Beer Festival are $35 per person. Festival-goers will receive a commemorative glass and the opportunity to enjoy 4 oz. pours from over 50 different varieties of beer from participating local breweries. Tickets and more information are available at OldBakeryBeer.com.