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See you at the [Pocket] Markets!

June 17th, 2013 | 0 Comments | Events, Farm, Featured, Food

Your friendly neighbourhood pocket market is back! That’s right, certified organic fruits and veggies from our peri-urban farm and downtown gardens, baked goods, honey, fair trade coffee, preserves, and more starting Tuesday, July 2nd!! Tuesdays, 4-7pm @ Roy & Coloniale – in front of The Roulant! Thursdays, 4-7pm@ Milton & Ste-Famille Plus, buy Santropol Roulant Veggie Dollars and save on...

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Trivia Night Round 2: Double or nothing!

June 11th, 2013 | 0 Comments | Events, Fundraising, Levée de fonds

After an epic start, our Trivia Night is back with a vengeance! Is your trivial knowledge not proving to be the ideal conversation-starter you had hoped it to be? Come share your frivolous fun facts and put them to good use! What: The Roulant is hosting its 2nd Trivia Night! When: June 13th from 7:30 to 9:30pm  (Doors at 7:00)...

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102 Year Old Base Jumps

June 7th, 2013 | 0 Comments | Seniors, Stories, Video

Happy Friday! Here’s a fun video to start the weekend off with a smile. Dorothy Custer just celebrated her 102 birthday by doing something that very few people would dare: base jumping off a bridge. When asked what motivates her to pull ‘stunts’ such as these, she simply replies, “I never thought of age, I just went on living and...

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The Roulant’s Happening – Save the date!

June 5th, 2013 | 0 Comments | Communications, Events, Featured, Kitchen Workshops, Popote roulante, SantroVélo, Urban Agriculture, Workshops

The Roulant’s Happening – Save the date! Every year, Santropol Roulant organizes a great party to showcase and celebrate all of its programs – from the greenhouse to the deliveries, from the bike workshop to the kitchen. It’s also a wonderful moment to celebrate the community. As we transition from Spring to Summer, we invite all of you to come...

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Be a Superhero!

May 31st, 2013 | 0 Comments | Featured, Fundraising, Levée de fonds

(Cue deep movie-announcer voice) This summer, hundreds of everyday heroes will band together to make a difference, fighting the good fight in the name of inclusion and health. You can help them! Working as a team over the course of three hot months, this league of extraordinary people will make sure that more than 5,500 meals are prepared and delivered with love...

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Community Kitchen Coordinator – Job Posting

May 29th, 2013 | 0 Comments | Job posting, Kitchen, Kitchen Workshops, Meals on wheels, offre d'emploi

At Santropol Roulant, like in many homes, everything starts and ends in the kitchen. Working in our kitchen is therefore an ideal way to get to know many aspects of our work, our approach, and even our raison d’être. It’s therefore with great excitement that we’re looking for a new Community Kitchen Coordinator who will work closely with our Kitchen...

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Nomad Night with Santropol Roulant at la Khaïma

May 28th, 2013 | 0 Comments | Events, Food, Fundraising, Levée de fonds

Get out your calendars and call your friends: La Khaima is hosting a nomad night in benefit of Santropol Roulant! La Khaima invites you to their restaurant on June 19th for an evening of delicious food (vegetarian and non-vegetarian options), music, comedy and surprises! And they’re sweetening the deal by donating proceeds from this evening to Santropol Roulant. Come enjoy...

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Santropol Roulant’s Annual Seedling Sale

May 16th, 2013 | 3 comments | Uncategorized

Come one, come all to Santropol Roulant’s Annual Seedling Sale! On Saturday, June 1st, from 11-5pm, we will be selling the extra seedlings from our greenhouses, all of which have been grown from organic seeds and using organic methods. Perfect for getting your garden off to a good start. All proceeds go to Santropol Roulant’s urban and peri-urban agriculture programs....

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Mini-internship in food transformation

May 14th, 2013 | 0 Comments | Food, Job posting, Kitchen, Kitchen Workshops, Levée de fonds, Meals on wheels, offre d'emploi, Popote roulante, Recipes, Uncategorized, Workshops

We’re looking for a kitchen devotee to join our kitchen team for the summer, 5 hours per week. The goal of the position is to transform fruits and vegetables to create added value products for sale in our markets or to add to meals-on-wheels We are offering a stipend of $300 for the internship. Deadline to apply is May 29th....

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Kitchen Workshop: Fresh Pasta Making

May 2nd, 2013 | 0 Comments | Food, Fundraising, Kitchen Workshops, Levée de fonds, Recipes

At the Roulant, we’re huge fans of the Foodie Collective, a group of adventurous, competitive, and food adoring individuals who have been known to transform everyday ingredients into extraordinary dishes. On May 30th,  Foodie Collective members Katherine MacNaughton and Amanda Piedimonte will be in our very own kitchen leading a workshop on homemade pasta carbonara.  Learn how to make pasta...

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