Our agriculture workshop series continues with the Gardening 201 workshop! Come learn more about the gardening universe and get answers to all your veggie-related questions. The workshop will include a theoretical component and a practical component, with the chance to make your own fertilizer and bringing it home. Please note that the same workshop will be offered on two dates. Both will be bilingual. When: …
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What’s new at the Farmers’ Market?
This season, we are happy to announce our new Farmers’ Market collaborators, featuring local artisans and producers! Plus, for the very first year, the market will take place on the new pedestrian street directly in front of Santropol Roulant. You can join the City’s official inauguration of the pedestrian street on June 22 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Stemming from the importance of …
Recipes From the Roulant: Strawberry cobbler
We are happy to bring you our sixth recipe in the new series Recipes from the Roulant! These monthly recipes allow you to get to know the different activities of our organization. This month we bring you a seasonal recipe, strawberry cobbler, in the spirit of the 100 mile meal event that we will be hosting June 11th. Come meet our farm team, …
Farm update: After the rain comes the sun
Farm co-manager Samuel Bergeron brings news from the farm in Seneville! With all the heavy rains this spring, many people have asked about its impact on the fields at the Roulant farm. Don’t worry, the farm was hardly touched! We had more rain than usual, but our schedule wasn’t affected much. Already our greenhouse is full of young tomatoes. Our caterpillar …
Job Offer: New Kitchen Position open for a Social Entrepreneur!
Apply now to join our team of kitchen co-management super-stars! We’re looking for a confident cook or chef to lead our community members in making preserves for sale, creating beautiful catering menus, and taking our social entrepreneurship programs to the next level. The application deadline for this position is Monday, June 26th at 9:00 am. The anticipated start date is early …
Volunteer Call-Out – Summer Celebration Picnic
Calling out to all our amazing volunteers! To celebrate the arrival of Summer, The Meals-on-Wheels program is hosting an intergenerational picnic on rue Roy on Thursday June 22nd, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. The event is intended to bring together our meals-on-wheels community for a day of sunshine, yummy food and live music, with a special focus on providing our …
Workshop: Colombian cooking
We’re back for the 13th 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. Sergio, a community member, will share with us some of his favorite Colombian recipes! When: Wednesday, June 14th, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm Where: The Roulant’s kitchen, 111 Roy East Cost: …
Welcoming the newest members of the team
With the spring comes lots of change at the Roulant! We are excited to introduce you to the newest additions to the team. You can read about our entire team on the staff page. Thanks to Alex Tran for taking the beautiful portraits of our team below! Urban agriculture Jumping into the 2017 urbain agriculture season, you’ll see Anastasia (UA intern), Marie-Anne (UA …
Preserves on Sale Until end of June
You love eating Montreal-grown food all year long? Perfect! From now until the end of June 2017, all in-store preserve purchases are 25% off. Since a new harvest season will be upon us shortly, we’re eager to make space for new preserves and give back to our community. How does it work? Come into our General Store at 111 rue …
Calling all pick leaders for Les Fruits Défendus
Les Fruits Défendus is looking for motivated and autonomous individuals to lead our urban fruit harvests throughout the summer! Training dates: Wednesday June 7th, Saturday June 10th. Les Fruits Défendus is Montreal’s volunteer-led urban fruit harvesting collective. Our project connects local fruit tree owners with volunteer harvesters and in doing so helps to reduce food waste. What is a pick leader? Pick …
A super sweet intergenerational outing
Each year, members of Santropol Roulant’s community come together to celebrate the arrival of spring. This past April, the Roulant’s team invited our clients and volunteers to share a wonderful meal at Érablière Charbonneau. (Photos below!) On that sunny day, a group of close to 70 people headed to St-Grégoire in Montérégie form all corners of Montreal. There, a royal …
A big thanks to corporate volunteers from RGA and AOL
As part of our volunteer program, we offer unique team building opportunities to companies looking to provide their employees with meaningful experiences in the community. We recently welcomed two groups of corporate volunteers to help us out with our Meals-on-Wheels service. On April 21st, 7 employees from RGA came to lend a hand, delivering meals on foot and by bike to …