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Feed the city: Build sustainable food systems
Many cities in Quebec are creating sustainable food systems....
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Quebec: Urban agriculture policies are proliferating
Cities are gradually developing urban agriculture policies to become healthier, more environmentally...
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Quebec City: Toward a Sustainable Food System
A participatory research project provides an overview of Quebec City’s food system—from farm product...
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Combatting food deserts with mobile markets
A Montréal neighbourhood has developed a local food system that includes mobile markets, in an effor...
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Les Pouces d’Octave: A Quebec Village Makes Food the Focus of Its Identity Project
Quebec village Saint-Octave-de-Métis has decided to place food at the heart of community life....
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A Quebec school creates an edible forest
CommunauTerre is an urban agriculture project developed by two Quebec teachers who wanted to introdu...
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Putting Biodiversity Back on Our Plates
Seed growers, chefs and farmers join Quebec’s seed guardian initiative [Gardiens de semences] to pre...
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The Power of Food
Community Food Centres Canada strives to use healthy food as a tool to fight poverty....
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Vegetable gardens and nutrition awareness in Congo
In the Haut-Katanga province on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the "Bureau Salésien des Proje...
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Learn about urban agriculture with Cultive ta ville
This past June in Quebec, the urban agriculture lab, AU/LAB, launched Cultive ta ville, a web-based ...
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Urban farming breathes new life into Cuba
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Cuba was struck by a severe food crisis. To save the country, a lar...
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Discover Montreal’s rich farmland
The Système alimentaire montréalais [Montreal food system] and the Union des Producteurs Agricoles [...
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Vegetable Consumption in Quebec and Information for Consumers
Two reports on the fresh vegetable market review the most popular choices in Quebec. Plus, MAPAQ iss...
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All you need to know about the Quebec vegetable market
The Government of Quebec has released two detailed reports on changes in the production, trade and c...
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2018 Conference: urban agriculture with an exceptional programme
Save the date of 12 June for the Louis Bonduelle Foundation Conference in partnership with the UNESC...
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The driving force behind the Conference: ideas, also, to change the world
For the 11th consecutive year, the Louis Bonduelle Foundation invites you to its annual Conference, ...
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The driving force behind the Conference: ideas and talent
They are thinkers. They believe in action. They come up with ideas. The speakers are what will make ...
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Agroecology: the key to transforming our food systems
In his opening remarks on the occasion of the second international symposium on agroecology, the FAO...
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The story of urban farms in Montreal
Whereas urban farms were long excluded from the city, you now see them all over Montreal. They occup...
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Promoting Canadian Agriculture in Schools
In March, Agriculture in the Classroom Canada is organizing Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month. Cro...
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Developing social ties with urban gardens
Gardens are by far the most popular spaces for urban agriculture. More and more gardens are breaking...
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Phenoculture: the quick and easy way to permaculture!
What if you could grow your own vegetables without all the work? Didier Helmstetter decided that his...
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Hydroponics: a soilless growing system that is conquering the city
While hydroponics seems like a fun way of growing basil on your balcony, it is also a valid alternat...
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3 soilless vegetable growing methods
Soilless farming systems, i.e., hydroponics, aquaponics and aeroponics, have many advantages that ar...
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Urban farming: when gardens change the face of our cities
Urban farming is experiencing somewhat of a revival, with family vegetable gardens, microfarms and c...
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4 tips to start a permaculture garden
Permaculture is the new buzzword, but how can you grow your own permanent food source? Here are four...
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Yes, you can earn a living with permaculture!
The market garden model of Bec-Hellouin farm, in the Eure region in France, was inspired by the prin...
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Vegetables for everyone: call for projects 2017 is open!
Today, the Louis Bonduelle Foundation announced the exclusive publication of its call for projects f...
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Ten facts about permaculture
Permaculture is the art of creating living spaces and functional territories, of trades and lives th...
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More and more vegetables on Montreal buildings
In recent years, urban agriculture has become a growing movement in Montreal with scores of fresh ve...
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Selling vegetables to schools in Canada
More and more Canadian schools are selling locally-grown vegetables to raise funds for school projec...
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Organic vegetable baskets in Quebec
For over 20 years, thanks to Quebec family farmers' baskets, citizens can enjoy organic vegetables a...
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Urban Agriculture Summer School in Montreal
The 9th edition of UQAM’s Urban Agriculture Summer School will take place from August 14 to 18 in Mo...