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Organic Baskets 2016 – Sign up for the season!

Agriculture, Basket, Food, Market, Senneville Farm

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?

Agriculture, Local, Senneville Farm

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!

Agriculture, Senneville Farm, Staff

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

Agriculture, Job Postings, Senneville Farm, Staff

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 …

Market and Baskets : Thanks For a Great Season!

Agriculture, Market, Panier bio, Senneville Farm

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 …

News From The Farm

Agriculture, Basket, Food Preservation, News, Recipes, Senneville 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 …

Rue Fermier: Community Celebration Countdown!

Agriculture, Community Workshops, Events, Market, Senneville Farm, Urban Agriculture, Volunteering - Personal

A birthday celebration, street party, local food showcase, workshop explosion, timeline exhibition, Iron Chef competition, musical jamboree all rolled into one.  May the countdown begin! Rue Fermier, Santropol Roulant’s 20 anniversary community celebration is just 8 days away! Over here at the Roulant, staff and volunteers have been busily planning and preparing for weeks to welcome you. We’re extending the invitation …

Young Gardeners at The Roulant!

Agriculture, export, Senneville Farm, Urban Agriculture, Youth

The gardens are in full bloom, summer solstice has come to greet us, and the agriculture team is getting ready for some small but significant new additions to the fields. Beginning in July, more than 300 kids and youth from various neighborhoods in Montreal will come to learn and have fun in our gardens! Kids from Camp Cosmos,  Y des femmes, …

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Pocket Market is Back!

Agriculture, Basket, export, Market, Panier bio, Senneville Farm, Urban Agriculture

Starting June 23rd until mid-October, you’ll find us across from the Roulant selling organic vegetables from our peri-urban farm in Senneville, as well as from our 2 urban gardens! When: Every Tuesday from 4-7pm Where: 111, Roy East, across the street from the Roulant What: A selection of fresh Roulant produce, bread and baked goods, an ever changing selection of …