As lights are being taken down and trees carried to curbs, we’re turning our focus toward the exciting year ahead. But before we step fully into 2013, we’d like to take a minute to revisit the wonderful holiday season that we just enjoyed at the Roulant. The festivities began with record-breaking attendance at our annual client holiday brunch in mid-December. …
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A Case for Support
We’ve been busy at work putting together our latest case for support, which we’re quite proud to present it to you here as well as over on our publications page. We’re always happy to hear your thoughts (after all, they help us improve the Roulant), so we invite you to read through and leave us your feedback in the comments. …
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Our Initial Thoughts on the Montreal Urban Ag Consultation Report
Montreal – The Montreal Office of Public Consultation (OCPM) released this week its report on the State of Urban Agriculture in Montreal. This report is the culmination of a massive mobilization effort through which more than 29 000 montrealers signed a petition calling on the City to hold a public consultation on the said subject. Santropol Roulant applauds this great …
Le Devoir: Récoltes urbaines
To access an online copy of the article on Le Devoir’s website, click here. To download a copy of the PDF below, click here.
The Gazette: Iron Chef-style competition showed off urban agriculture
To access the article on The Gazette’s website, click here. To download a copy of the PDF, click here.
The Gazette: An Iron Chef competition where everyone wins
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Looking for Board Members
We are looking for three Board Members! Santropol Roulant’s 9-member Board of Directors is responsible for overall policy-making, general governance, and the supervision of our Executive Director. Like many Boards, the Roulant Board ensures that we are doing our utmost to be faithful to our mission. This doesn’t mean being involved in day-to-day tasks, but rather supporting the staff team in …
Our New Client Newsletter! Summer Edition.
Words-On-Wheels is back with a great, new design! Check out all the news, stories, and updates from the Santropol Staff, Clients and Volunteers! Words-On-Wheels is a quarterly newsletter sent out to our clients with their meal. Many of our clients may not use the internet and our newsletter allows us to keep in touch, informing them on events, news and …
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Your Friendly Neighbourhood Pocket Market !
This summer, make sure to drop by Santropol Roulant’s Pocket Market which will be running every Thursday from 4:30-7pm over the peak summer months (July 12th-September 27th). You will find us at the corner of Ste-Famille and Milton, selling vegetables, fruits and HONEY harvested from our two urban gardens and our peri-urban farm site in Senneville, as well as from …
The Farmer’s Commute: SR launches Senneville Farm Site
Today, Santropol Roulant launched its new peri-urban farm site and associated project Entre grange et gratte-ciel: An Urban-Rural Farm Exchange. Read our press release or watch our video:
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Hello World!
Welcome to the Roulant’s new website! Woohoo! It’s been a long time coming, but after over a year of slow-but-steady efforts, we’ve finally launched our new website! In true Roulant fashion, you’ll notice that we’ve chosen to launch in “beta mode”. “Now why would you do such a thing?” you might ask. Why would we launch something that isn’t fully ready? …