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Open House 2014: Saturday, June 14th 12pm to 4pm Our annual open house is a time to meet our new partners, to reconnect with returning ones, and to invite our larger community our to visit the farm. It is a casual afternoon where we serve snacks, lead guided tours of the fields, greenhouse and animals, and have a chance to get to know one another. Bring your families, friends, children and come get a sneak peak at what’s in store…
At La ferme cooperative aux champs qui chantent, we strive to foster meaningful relationships between consumers and producers. To help us get to know each other and get a better sense of our realities, we host a series of monthly activities on the farm, and participate in numerous special events off-farm, in order to build these relationships. On farm activities for 2017! April 29th : Onion planting and much more! Like every year, we are really happy to invite you…
Our herb garden is a place of beautiful, bursting diversity, where there are constantly flowers opening, and honey bees happily congregating. Heather is our resident family herbalist, having completed her year-long training with L’Herbotheque. We grow over 40 different medicinal plants for fresh use, as well as to transform into herbal teas. A few of the tastiest tonic tea plants end up in the veggie baskets each year, such as lemonbalm and anis-hyssop. Mostly, though, Heather dries her herbal harvest…
Jenna loves making cakes, the fancier the better. In 2010 she joined the West Island Cake Club and started attending workshops to improve her caking. Now,the cakes don’t just taste great, they look great too. The most popular flavor is the all local, naturally sweetened, maple cake with maple buttercream. The honey cake and the salty chocolate buttercream are also popular. Let Jenna create a cake centerpiece for your next event. Email her directly at jenna@fermeauxchampsquichantent.com She also has been perfecting…
Fresh Organic Vegetables We love vegetables, and hope you do too! We grow over 150 varieties of common favorites, with a few less common veggies thrown in for good measure. Our vegetables are certified organic by Ecocert Canada. Ecocert is an international certifying body that visits our farm at least once a year to ensure that the Canadian law on organics is being followed. Here’s a little of what you’ll find throughout the season in our gardens: Arugula Celery Jerusalem…
Eby Heller Eby coordinates the CSA for the cooperative, as well as manages our marketing and finances. She is also an amazing weeder and has a particular affinity for shoveling manure. Eby completed a B.Sc. in Agriculture and Environment at the MacDonald Campus of McGill University and a M.Sc. in Geography at the downtown McGill campus. In addition, Eby has four years of experience on the Board of Directors of AIDS Community Care Montreal, a community organization providing services to…
Jenna has been learning and making cakes for a few years. With the formation of the farm business Jenna also obtained all the necessary permits to make and sell cakes. She plans to sell just a couple of cakes every month. Send her an email to order your cake today!jenna@fermeauxchampsquichantent.com
