Are you eager to deepen your knowledge of agriculture and hone your gardening skills? This year we’re happy to reboot our educational urban agriculture workshop series that will equip you, our community members, with all the knowledge and hands-on experience you’ll need to get your gardening growing green! As you may remember from our recent urban agriculture update, our hope …
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Job Offer: Urban Agriculture Internships
Get your hands dirty with the Santropol Roulant urban agriculture team this summer! We’re hiring 2 students to care for our rooftop and campus gardens and support our intergenerational community of knowledgeable gardeners. Please note that, to apply, you must be a full time student (during the winter semester of 2017) and intend to return to full time studies in the …
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It’s time for seedlings!
Even though the ground outside is still frozen, we are already growing seedlings in the greenhouse at the farm, including onion, leek, tomato, herbs, and other cruciferous vegetables. At home, you can do the same on the edge of a sunny windowsill! Here are some tips and tricks for starting your own seedlings from our Farm co-manager, Samuel. Four key elements to …
Soil and Seeds for Sale
Spring is here! It’s time to get your garden on. Whether you’d like to grow your first batch of lettuce or a bumper crop of tomatoes, the Roulant General Store is stocked with all of the things you need to get going! What’s available? Come choose from 56 varieties of organic, locally produced flower and vegetable seeds from Ferme Co-operative Tourne-Sol ($3.50 per …
2017 AGM: Seeking volunteers
Help us make the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 30th a success! The AGM is Santropol Roulant’s most important governance event of the year, where our members elect the Board of Directors. Last year 143 members came out to vote! To make things run smoothly, we need lots of volunteer help prior to and during the AGM, so we are …
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Workshop: Italian Cooking
We’re back for the 10th workshop in the series Recipes from our community, where we invite the members of our community of all ages to share their recipes and culinary successes. Maria and Betina, a community member and regular Meals-on-Wheels volunteer and her friend, will share with us some of their favorite Italian childhood recipes and show us just how easy and …
Sauerkraut – Preserve and Recipe of the Month
March’s preserve of the month is sauerkraut! It’s delicious with stews, on sandwiches, in salads and with noodles or dumplings. For the simplest sauerkraut, you simply need a fresh cabbage, some salt, a mason jar and a plastic bag. Since cabbage is available and homes are cool this time of year, it’s a great time to make your first batch. Once …
Recipes from the Roulant: Rhubarb cake
We are happy to bring you our third recipe in the new series Recipes from the Roulant! These monthly recipes allow you to get to know the different kitchen-related activities of our organization. In this post, we share with you a recipe from our spring catering menu: Rhubarb cake! Santropol Roulant is pleased to offer a catering service straight from our community kitchen. We …
Meet the Candidates for the 2017 AGM
On March 30th, all members of the Roulant – volunteers, clients, donors and staff active within the last year – are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and cast your ballots. The assembly will elect new candidates to the Board of Directors of Santropol Roulant, for a 2-year mandate. Electing Board members is a significant event for the Roulant! …
Job Offer: Part-time IT Systems Administrator
Our IT Systems Administrator plays an essential role in keeping our computers humming and our servers buzzing so that our clients are well-fed and our volunteers can engage and contribute to the community. We’re offering a part-time position for someone who is passionate about open-source technologies, excited about creative problem solving, and motivated by working in the field of social …
Sign up for the Roulant’s 2017 weekly farm organic baskets!
With spring in the air, we’re excited to announce the opening of registration for the 2017 Organic Baskets! Below you’ll find information about the peri-urban farm and the baskets, what’s new this year, and meet the farmers growing your food! Visit our Organic Basket page for more information. What is an Organic Basket? Also known as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), the …
Urban Ag in Flux
This year brings some exciting changes in our Urban Agriculture (UA) program. Carlo, our UA Manager, invites you to journey through the history of UA at the Roulant and see what the future brings! Growing our own food For the last 15 years, UA has played a key part in our programming at the Roulant. In our quest to provide more …