News - Solutions • individuals
25 October 2011
To mark the 15th anniversary of our family farmer program, we have published a book, L'agriculture soutenue par la communauté (Community supported agriculture). Readers will learn about the different aspects of CSA, including:
how our farms are founded
shareholder...
18 October 2011
Quebec-based entomologist Madeleine Chagnon, together with her UQAM colleagues, has shown that bees are adversely affected by the chemicals used in seed coating, particularly neonicotinoid insecticides.
While this result has been demonstrated elsewhere in the world in laboratory...
28 September 2011
Did you love getting a basket of fresh fruit and vegetables this summer? Or are you just hearing about our family farmer program for the first time? Either way, we have good news: another delivery season is about to begin!
In fact, 96 drop-off points will be open this winter for...
27 September 2011
In 1995, Equiterre launched a pilot project involving one farm, Cadet-Roussel, and about 50 Montreal families, who agreed to pay in advance for a share of the harvest.
The next year, when we officially launched the network, it included 7 farms and about 250 families.
Of the 103...
22 September 2011
A lucky member of our team is going to Seoul to present our family farmer program, which has provided Quebecers with easy access to locally grown food for 15 years. Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a focus of the Organic World Congress, which runs from September 28 to...
6 September 2011
Are you a student in a BA or MA program? Or a recent graduate working to disseminate your research?
Apply for the Laure Waridel bursary, offered for the fourth year in a row by Equiterre and Caisse d'économie solidaire Desjardins.
A way of supporting the social...
31 August 2011
In town, without my car! is an international phenomenon, with a 9-year history in Quebec, that encourages people to leave their cars at home and experiment with other – cleaner – modes of transportation, such as walking, biking, the bus or metro.
Cities across the...
30 August 2011
If you want local food to be more accessible...
If you want tax credits for people who belong to a community supported agriculture (CSA) program...
If you want to facilitate access to land for the next generation of farmers, here is your chance to be heard.
Sign the "...
