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FARM JOBS: Montréal, Québec – Santropol Roulant, Urban Agriculture Garden Coordinator

Posted by Michalina Hunter on April 21, 2021 2 Comments

Urban Gardens of Santropol Roulant in Montréal, Québec is seeking a Urban Agriculture Garden Coordinator! ABOUT Urban Gardens of Santropol Roulant An key element of the job is working on our rooftop garden. The Roulant’s rooftop garden is a hidden gem in the Plateau that we try to share as much as possible with community members, visitors, and passersby. It is part intensive rooftop garden, part terrace container garden. The walls are covered in murals and honey bees grace us with their buzzing. The real beauty of the garden is that it is one of the three pillars of our … Continue reading FARM JOBS: Montréal, Québec – Santropol Roulant, Urban Agriculture Garden Coordinator →

FARM JOB: Senneville (Island of Montréal), QC – Ferme de Roulant, Farm Hand

Posted by Michalina Hunter on January 05, 2021

Ferme de Roulant in Senneville (Island of Montréal), Québec is seeking a Farm Hand for the 2021 season! ABOUT Ferme de Roulant As part of the Roulant’s mission of building a food system that is healthy, just, and sustainable, the Ferme du Roulant farms a 3-acre plot of agriculturally zoned and organically certified land in Senneville. The farm was co-founded in 2012 by Santropol Roulant and Howard Reitman. It can be found on the western tip of the Island of Montreal. This land supports the production of fresh produce for our kitchen programs and our organic baskets. Initiatives such as … Continue reading FARM JOB: Senneville (Island of Montréal), QC – Ferme de Roulant, Farm Hand →

March 28-31, 2019: MONTREAL, QC – Living Soils Symposium

Posted by Michalina Hunter on January 16, 2019

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE LIVING SOILS SYMPOSIUM 2019 Written by Maya Sakellaropoulo of Regeneration Canada WHEN: March 28-31, 2019 WHERE: Marché Bonsecours – 350 Saint-Paul Est, Montreal, Quebec REGISTRATION: (early bird tickets go on sale January 17, 2019) livingsoilssymposium.ca/en/attend/ LEARN MORE: livingsoilssymposium.ca/en/ The upcoming Living Soils Symposium taking place in Montreal from March 28-31, 2019 is an engaging and information-packed event focusing on our incredibly crucial and principal ally, soil. Why soil? Soil is the origin of all life and plays a critical role in mitigating climate change by being the largest carbon sink on land. Unfortunately, according to the United Nations (UN), a stunning … Continue reading March 28-31, 2019: MONTREAL, QC – Living Soils Symposium →

Quinoa For Change – Montreal, Quebec

Posted by Sara Dent on May 08, 2014 1 Comment

Hello all! My name is Olivier Labrie, I am a prairie boy from Manitoba, and have been living in Montréal for the past 3 years where I have discovered the wonderful world of peri-urban farming here on the island. As a two time graduate in Botany and in Ecological Agriculture, the people I met and the courses I took shaped me into who I am today, an avid believer in socio-economic development through local food production. I have been involved in the urban and peri-urban agriculture movement in Montréal through volunteering at collective gardens in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) community, as well … Continue reading Quinoa For Change – Montreal, Quebec →