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Chef David's organic daycare kitchen
Every morning at 5:30 Chef David arrives for work at the CPE Le Petit Réseau, a daycare on the second floor of the Maison du développement durable in Montreal. His job is to feed 77 preschoolers, but also to help them discover local and organic fruits and vegetables. CPE Le Petit Réseau has been a partner of the Du Coq à l'Âne farm since 2012. This farm is in Bury in the...
Actualité - 4 June 2013 - Tag : Organic agriculture, Organization, Pesticides
Meet François Tanguay, organic farming advocate
Authenticity in every basket, that's how idée BIO! magazine describes the work of family farmer François Tanguay, co-owner of Les Jardins du petit tremble in the Montérégie. Find out how this product of a suburban childhood became a proponent of organic agriculture. According to the article, some of the credit for François's love of nature must go to his father, who kept a...
Actualité - 5 February 2013 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic baskets
Micro farming for love and money, workshops
You have a little land. You'd like to grow some organic veggies, maybe even sell them.  Family farmer Jean-Martin Fortier, whose Eastern Townships microfarm, Les jardins de la Grelinette, has been hailed, at home and abroad, as a model of its form, is offering workshops based on his recently published guide, Le Jardinier-Maraîcher, for aspiring organic farmers, amateur...
Actualité - 20 November 2012 - Tag : Community supported agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic baskets, Small scale farming
Family farmer writes organic farming guide for newbies and pros
Family farmer Jean-Martin Fortier, whose Eastern Townships microfarm, Les jardins de la Grelinette à St-Armand, owned with partner Maude-Hélène, has been hailed, at home and abroad, as a model of its form, has written a guide, based on his decade of experience, for aspiring organic farmers, both amateur and professional alike. The book, Le jardinier-maraîcher, Manuel d'...
Actualité - 3 September 2012 - Tag : Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic baskets, Small scale farming
Our family farmer program celebrates its 15th anniversary!
In 1995, Equiterre launched a pilot project involving one farm, Cadet-Roussel, and about 50 Montreal families, who agreed to pay in advance for a share of the harvest. The next year, when we officially launched the network, it included 7 farms and about 250 families.
Actualité - 27 September 2011 - Tag : A farmer at your office, Become a family farmer, Community supported agriculture, Laure Waridel, Local agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic baskets
Celebration at Cadet-Roussel, the first-ever Quebec organic farm to be protected in perpetuity
Come celebrate with the Protec-Terre land trust, which has raised more than $200,000 to protect the status of the Ferme Cadet-Roussel. After 15 years of effort, the trust became a reality last December.  The event will take place on Saturday, October 1, 2011, at 6 p.m., at the Lion d'Or, located at 1676 Ontario St. East in Montreal. On the schedule:
Événement - 13 September 2011 - Tag : Farmer's basket, Organic agriculture, Organization, Partners Activities
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