After years of fundraising, planning, and building, the new agroeducational centre infrastructure at the Roulant farm in Senneville is almost ready to fulfill its purpose. This means that, in lieu of our usual community open house celebration in July, we will instead be hosting you, the community at the farm for the official inauguration of the centre! Mark your calendars …
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Welcome (and welcome back) agriculture workers
This season, the farm and urban agriculture program are welcoming new agriculture workers; Jez, Nadia, Lucy and Cleo. New farmhands Jez and Nadia will be facilitating volunteer shifts, pulling weeds, and harvesting beautiful fresh vegetables at the farm all summer long, while Lucy and Cleo will be joining the Roulant doing the same in our three urban gardens. Jez is …
Volunteering at the Roulant Farm
It’s official: spring is back, and so are agricultural volunteer shifts at the Roulant! As part of the Roulant’s mission of creating a more inclusive and just food system, we call on volunteers to help cultivate the Ferme du Roulant‘s 3-acre plot of agriculturally zoned and organically certified land in Senneville. This will be the first season in which the …
Community Bonds: Join the Adventure!
For more than ten years, the Ferme du Roulant has been educating and inspiring Montreal communities by providing organic agricultural and educational programs that pass on the knowledge and practices of small-scale farming. Today, Santropol Roulant is taking the next step with its agroeducational centre, which began construction in 2025 and is already 85% complete, nearly ready to welcome its first visitors. This unique space will bring together production, education, …
2025 at the farm
It has been a peculiar year for the Roulant Farm: a small team with no seasonal staff and a singular focus on managing the construction of new inclusive and educational infrastructure. Construction of the new Agroeducational Centre began in the month of May and finishing touches will take place over the winter. We are so excited to welcome the team …
Closing the farm in October
As we prepare to close the farm, many exciting things are happening in anticipation of the next agricultural season. At the community farm day on October 3rd, volunteers planted 7,500 cloves of garlic (that’s three blocks!) to harvest in July 2026. This week, staff planted 18 fruit trees that will supply the community with apples, apricots, and sour cherries for …
The farm in September & October
What’s happening on the farm? Limited garlic sales continue at the food kiosk every Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. in front of the Roulant on Terrasses Roy. We are also preparing for fall planting, which will bear fruit next year! On the horizon: planting three blocks of garlic to increase our harvest next year. We will tackle this daunting …
The farm in August & September
What’s happening on the farm? Despite the heat waves and drought, the garlic harvest went great and this years’ bulbs are looking beautiful. A limited amount of garlic from urban agriculture and the farm will be available at our weekly kiosque alimentaire on Friday, August 29th. Please not that online and bulk garlic orders will not be offered this year, …
Garlic harvests & more at the farm
What’s happening on the farm? Thanks to the good weather, the cover crops are growing very well and the farm is full of flowers. The garlic scapes have been harvested and the scape pickling workshops was a success. Here is the recipe we followed: https://www.runningtothekitchen.com/pickled-garlic-scapes/ The end of July will bring the big garlic harvest: two volunteer shifts and a …
The farm in June & July
What’s happening on the farm? Work on the Agroeducational centre building project started in the beginning of June with some excavation and ground preparation. Otherwise, the cover crops are growing well and the rhubarb patch is going strong despite the cool and cloudy spring weather. The next couple months will bring some harvests: garlic scapes, currants, and garlic bulbs! Keep …
Get involved at the farm in May and June
This year at the farm, volunteer shifts will take place on an ad hoc basis. Every newsletter we will announce the upcoming volunteer shifts – they will also be posted on the blackboard at the Roulant. Hours Shifts are from 8:15 AM to noon, with the option of staying for lunch with the team! For carpooling, departure from the Roulant …
Volunteering at the farm
In 2025, the farm is undertaking a major construction project that will greatly expand the scope of our activities, impact, and accessibility. As a result, we will not be growing any seedlings or annual crops this year, other than our famous garlic fields that will continue to benefit the Meals-on-Wheels. During their hibernation, our fields will be protected and nourished …