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LA FERME DU FORT SENNEVILLE

CSA
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Sign up

 

  • Cost for a share July to November : $515; $15 goes to support Equiterre's (514-522-2000) CSA farm network;

  • Order extra vegetables for preserving;

  • Participate in farm activities;

For a visit of La Ferme (please call ahead)

(514) 885-4866

or

(514) 457-3606

Some examples of a weekly "share"*

  • Early July: 1 cauliflower, ¼ kg kale, ½ kg peas, 2 lettuces, ½ kg rapini, green onions, parsley, basil.

  • August: 1 kg tomatoes, 1-3 peppers, 2 lettuces, 1 eggplant, 4 cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, 1 cabbage, 2 zucchinis, beans.

  • September: 1 kg tomatoes, peppers, 2 summer squash, ½ kg broccoli, 12 carrots, 2-3 lettuces, 4 onions, 1 cucumber, 1-2 winter squash, basil.

  • October 1 kg Brussels Sprouts, 1 broccoli, ½ kg leaks, radishes, rapini, 1 cabbage, 1 rutabaga, parsley.

Pickup site
 
The farm pickup site is located in senneville, at 145 senneville road, on the east side of the road, just north of the ile-aux-Tourtes bridge.  It is about 3,2 km (2.0 mi.) from Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.  Look for the unmistakable dome-shaped barn located on the right side of the road when coming from Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
 
 

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Community Supported Agriculture

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between producers and consumers. Consumers or members pay at the beginning of the year for a share in the harvest, which they receive in installments (a selection of vegetables) throughout the growing season. In this way consumers ensure themselves a supply of freshly-picked, organic vegetables grown locally and farmers get cash to help cover spring start-up costs. A CSA farm and its members agree to share the risks and benefits involved in farming here in Quebec. If the weather is bad, a member's weekly basket will be smaller. When times are good, members share in the increased bounty. La Ferme du Fort Senneville is a member of Equiterre (514 522 2000), a non-profit organization that provides support for local, organic, community supported agriculture.

 

Equiterre

www.equiterre.org

 

History of Community Supported Agriculture

CSA’s first originated in Japan, Germany, and Switzerland in the early 1960’s, in response to concerns about food safety and the urbanization of agricultural land.  In Europe, groups of consumers and farmers organized themselves into cooperative partnerships in order to fund farming operations.  In Japan, it was mothers concerned about the rise of imported food and the loss of arable land who started the first projects in 1965.  The concept of CSA’s spread to North America in the 1980’s, and there now approximately 1400 CSA farms in Canada and the United States.

Sing up Form

For more information call
514-885-4866 or 514-457-3606

Email

La Ferme du Fort Senneville
Montreal - Quebec - Canada