Time is running out to get your farm baskets! With only two weeks to go before the first pick-up, there are still spaces left to get your organic farm baskets. Sign-up today to get a weekly or bi-monthly basket all throughout the summer for 21 weeks. It all starts on June 14th and it’s a great way to eat local, …
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Winter Baskets With the BioLocaux
As the cold weather sets in and the days shorten, there’s no turning back… Fall is here! Even if it means the end of the harvest for the Roulant farm, fear not, for you will be able to receive a basket of organic and local vegetables delivered at our office all winter-long! The farming collective Les BioLocaux will deliver …
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 …
Food accessibility survey
Since starting our Senneville farm in 2012, we have invested a lot of effort in working towards a food system that is healthy, just, and sustainable, while ensuring that the farm produce remains accessible to all regardless of socioeconomic status, level of mobility, or degree of autonomy. To help us work towards this goal, our Market Development Coordinator, Camila, invites …
Welcoming Camila to the team
The Roulant team is excited to welcome back Camila Gordillo, our new Farmer’s Market Development Coordinator. Camila will be working part time over the next few months to further develop strategies about how the Roulant’s produce can become more accessible to people with low incomes. Camila is passionate about the power of soil and nature in sustaining life, health and …
Farmers’ Market 2016 Opening!
Save the date! June 16th will be our first market day of the season. Every Thursday from 4-7pm, June through October, come to our market on the corner of Roy and Coloniale to stock up on farm fresh, local and certified organic vegetables grown on the tip of the island of Montreal! With the warm weather we’ve been having and …
Deliver Veggie Baskets by Bike
Calling all volunteer cyclists! On June 17th, we will begin delivering fresh veggie baskets to our meals-on-wheels clients. While some of these deliveries will be done by car, most will be done by bike to the Mile End, Centre Sud, Ville Marie and Westmount neighbourhoods. In order to do so, we need your help! When: Friday afternoons, beginning at 3:30pm Where: …
Get ready for the gardening season!
The Roulant’s General Store now has everything you need to start your seedlings and urban vegetable garden. Come see our selection of agricultural products! Get equipped We’ve got a variety of ethical, quality seeds that are well adapted to our climate for $3.50. To learn more about the importance of local seeds and seed saving, check out this short article …
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Job Offer: Workshare at the Santropol Roulant Farm!
Are you looking for a part-time opportunity to get your hands dirty, build your farming skills and grow food for Santropol Roulant’s meals-on-wheels kitchen, farmer’s market and solidarity baskets? Spend one day a week at the farm and bring home a basket of organic veggies every week! We are offering 4 work-shares, each one with a specialisation in one of the …
Organic Baskets 2016 – Sign up for the season!
As we approach the final stretches of winter, we’re excited to announce the opening of registration for the 2016 Organic Basket season. Below you’ll find information about the farm and the baskets, what’s new this year, and meet the farmers growing your food! Visit the main baskets page for more details, registration and payment options. Our Journey Santropol Roulant’s 5th Farming …
The Agricultural Season in Review
Winter is coming! Or so we’re led to believe by the diminishing daylight. Yet the grass still grows green in the parks around the Plateau and the staff at the Roulant have taken to eating outside to profit from the still gorgeous weather. This year’s particular autumn may trick us into thinking that summer is not so far away but …
Winter Veggie Baskets
Wondering where to get your organic, Quebec-grown produce this winter? For the first time, this winter Les Bio Locaux is offering a winter vegetable basket in Montreal. Partnering with 25 local farms, 1000 baskets will be available throughout the winter months. The season runs from mid November to mid-April with pickups every two weeks. There are several pickup points around …