Winter Harvest – Encourage Winter Agriculture
Have you watched Winter Harvest and are looking for concrete ways to encourage local vegetable growers? Would you like to challenge yourself to harvest vegetables all year round? On this page you will find links and content to answer your questions.
Buying Winter Vegetables
Family Farmers
The Family Farmers Network is a solidarity network of vegetable producers initiated and developed by Équiterre in 1996. Since January 1, 2020, it has been proudly supported by CAPÉ and brings together more than 150 certified or pre-certified organic farms in Quebec and New Brunswick.
You can subscribe to winter baskets all year round.
Find a family farmer in your area
Organic Local Grocery Store on Masson Street in Montreal
A CAPÉ initiative, the Bio Locaux grocery store is the very first producer-owned grocery store in Quebec. Just like the Organic Local baskets, this grocery store offers organic, local, seasonal products, without an intermediary between you and your family farmers!
The grocery store offers fresh vegetables all year round, including the winter months.
Address: 2884 rue Masson, Montreal, QC, H1Y 1W9
To know more
Ferme des Quatre-Temps
The Ferme des Quatre-Temps team grows organic vegetables, raises beef, pigs and chickens in a respectful manner and transforms its meats and harvests into artisanal charcuterie and sausages.
Order farm products from the store (Monday 12 PM to Wednesday 12 PM)
Add your name to the waiting list for winter baskets for the 2024-2025 season
Take an Online Course
Winter Farming Strategies
This course offered by the Market Gardener Institute not only focuses on the essential and fundamental principles for transforming agricultural practices for the winter months, but it also highlights the importance of food sovereignty and local food production.
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$30 discount on the course ($99 instead of $129)
Use the promo code winterharvestmovie when making your purchase
Learn More About Winter Agriculture
The Winter Market Gardener handbook
Drawing on years of research, experimentation and collaboration, The Winter Market Gardener handbook, by Jean-Martin Fortier and Catherine Sylvestre, is a beautifully illustrated practical guide to winter vegetable production for farmers located in northern climates.
Article : 5 Must-Have Winter Crops
To help you choose vegetables to grow in the middle of winter, find out more in the article 5 Must-Have Winter Crops by Catherine Sylvestre, director of vegetable production at Ferme des Quatre-Temps.
Videos
Learn more about winter vegetable growing as well as practical tips in these explanatory videos from the Market Gardener Institute: