This election season, individuals and organizations across the country are talking about food security as part of Food Secure Canada’s Eat, Think, Vote. The Roulant is joining in on the fun and will play host to one of these events on September 14. Come join other members of the community to discuss ways in which to improve the food security …
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Save the date for Santropol Roulant’s 2015 Gala
We’re excited to announce the date of this year’s fundraising Gala. Mark your calendars for Thursday October 29th, 2015. It’s an event not to be missed! The Roulant invites you to yet another unforgettable evening of great music, fresh and delicious food made with local products and vegetables from our gardens, entertainment and great surprises all night long! The Gala is our most chic …
5 à 7 Kitchen Workshop: Sweet and Savory Appetizers
For our next intergenerational cooking workshop, Janice will share the secret of her best “bouchées” for a festive 5 à 7. After preparing the bouchées together, we’ll enjoy them on the Roulant’s rooftop terrace, accompanied by a glass of wine! When: Monday August 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. Where: Santropol Roulant’s community kitchen, 111 Roy East Cost: By donation Reserve your …
Frozen Meals: August Promotion
Have you always wanted to try our healthy and organic meals? Want to support a local initiative? You’re in luck! The kitchen team makes take-home portions of our meals-on-wheels dishes, frozen for your convenience! Prepared with the same love we give to our daily client meals, they are available to anyone who wishes to buy them! Super Special for the month of …
Clay Bricks for a Bread Oven
News from the Santropol Roulant Farm: We’re building a bread oven at the farm! This is a project very dear to our hearts because this oven will become a central part of our farm, a place where we can transform the food from this land into delicious meals that we prepare and eat together. We also hope to host cooking workshops …
Highlights From Rue Fermier: our 20th Anniversary Celebration!
Last Thursday, the community came together to celebrate our 20th anniversary at Rue Fermier, and we could never have imagined what a beautiful evening it would turn out to be, surrounded by such a wonderful, diverse and warm-hearted group of people. We are still basking in the positive energy of the evening, putting together all of the fun bits of …
Highlights From Tea in the Garden
On Thursday, June 11th, clients, volunteers and staff came together in our urban gardens at McGill to celebrate the coming of spring! Our yearly visit to the gardens was complete with tea and scones, mini sandwiches and delicious desserts. Our clients and volunteers benefited from a tour of our gardens with our urban ag co-manager, Carlo, and were excited to …
Come Cheer on the Froot Cup Players this Saturday!
The Roulant invites you to come cheer on the Froot Cup soccer teams this Saturday at the Loyola campus. 16 teams will compete in this extraordinary soccer tournament! These teams worked hard to raise money to support the Roulant’s mission, so come and hang out with them and give them your support. When: Saturday, May 30th 2015, 10am-5pm Where: Concordia Stadium, 7200 Sherbrooke St. …
Local Organic Roulant Seeds for Sale
Did you know that the Roulant Farm produces organic seeds? This will be our second year as a small scale seed producer. We’re partnering with Ferme Co-operative Tourne-sol to grow seed for sweet peppers, tomatoes, beans, and mustard! We now offer a wide variety of local organic seeds on sale at the General Store in our office. The selection is made …
Organic Veggie Baskets – Sign up for the season!
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the fields are finally melting. Yup, it’s that time of year again! Time to register for your CSA Solidarity Basket share for the 2015 season! By signing up for our CSA, you will receive fresh organic produce as it comes into season at the farm. Basket contents vary throughout the season with over …
Frozen Meals: Chicken Couscous on Special
Have you always wanted to try our healthy and organic* meals? Want to support a local initiative? You’re in luck! The kitchen team makes take-home portions of our meals-on-wheels dishes, frozen for your convenience! Prepared with the same love we give to our daily client meals, they are available to anyone who wishes to buy them! Super Special: Chicken Couscous is only $4 for …
Our Senneville Farm: an urban and peri-urban food system
While we continue to deliver warm meals throughout the winter and host events with our client members, we also spend a lot of time planning for the upcoming high season, in our agriculture program. We’ve been working for years to have better control over the origin of our food products. This desire is reflected in our suburban farm in Senneville, a learning field in agriculture and a …