We’d like to invite you & your family to the Santropol Roulant Farm Brunch, a special event in support of our Senneville Farm. In addition to growing organic vegetables for our Meals-on-Wheels and social outreach programs, the farm also provides opportunities for young farmers to develop their leadership and skills, and has become a fertile ground for children to learn about …
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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 …
Volunteers – get your garden on this season
Calling all green thumbs – our Agriculture Program will begin accepting volunteers as of early June. This is a preliminary call-out to inform you of when and where volunteer shifts will be taking place and to gauge your interest and availability for different tasks and shifts (ex: gardening, farming, markets). Whether you’re a current or brand new volunteer interested in agricultural volunteering opportunities …
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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 …
Did you say CAPÉ?
Did you know: the Santropol Roulant Farm is part of a network of local Quebec farmers called the CAPÉ? This year we participated in the CAPÉ’s first winter vegetable basket season as a drop off point for Les Bio Locaux. We’re also excited to announce that Clémence, our Farm Co-Manager was elected to the CAPÉ’s board of directors last month. …
The Farm Team: Farewell Samuel, Hello Adam!
As seasons change and seedlings grow, the familiar faces of the Roulant come and go. This winter we say goodbye to Samuel, who has been a brilliant part of the team since our very first farming season in 2012, and who left a significant mark on our agriculture program forever. Our approach to food security has evolved with the production …
Job Offer: Internship in Peri-Urban Farming
This year, spend 6 months on our farm in Senneville, deepening your knowledge of organic farming and growing organic food for Santropol Roulant’s food security programs! This position is specifically targeted towards applicants with 1 year of previous experience on a rural or peri-urban farm. There is also currently an opening for an Urban Agriculture Apprentice.* The application deadline for this …
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 …
Market and Baskets : Thanks For a Great Season!
The farm team would like to thank everyone for a wonderful season! Our weekly markets will resume next spring along with our summer CSA solidarity baskets. The Roulant General Store still has a few of our last crops on the shelves, including squash, potatoes, and a lot of kale (we still have 40 bushels left in the fields!). Kale is highly …
A Big Thank You to Our Corporate Volunteers!
This summer, we were fortunate to have the help of several enthusiastic and motivated corporate groups. We would particularly like to highlight the involvement of two of these groups who came to help with our Meals-on-Wheels and Agriculture programs. In July, our friends from American Express came with a group of 8 participants to help deliver fresh meals to our …
News From The Farm
Each week the farm team prepares a newsletter designed for those who receive our fresh veggie baskets. In addition to a list of the week’s basket contents and stories from the farm they’re chock full of useful information about how to use the produce. We thought that last week’s edition of “News From The Farm” would be of interest to those who are …