Towards a sustainable food system – Catherine Lefebvre and Émilie Viau-Drouin
Many experts agree that our current food system is failing. While the food waste is a major issue of our era, many people live with food insecurity on a daily basis. Climate change and the use...
Organic maple syrup farming – Stanislas Pettigrew
Maple syrup is a true national treasure that has united Quebecers for generations! But maple syrup production has changed a lot in recent years, in particular by taking a technological shift a...
Agricultural training – Dany Bouchard and Pierre-Antoine Gilbert
In 2022, we can say that agriculture in all its forms is on very good momentum. Vegetable gardens are growing like mushrooms, study programs are becoming more limited and the sharing of knowledge ...
Winter crops – Catherine Sylvestre and François Biron
Eating seasonally in winter in Quebec while ensuring a variety of vegetables and fruits, is it really possible? For our two guests today, the cold is an obstacle like any other to face in their ma...
Women in agriculture #4 – Laurence Fauteux
Has urban agriculture changed the way you view your city and community? For Laurence Fauteux, general director of Grand Potager and our guest today, urban agriculture is a perfect way to recon...
Women in agriculture #3 – France De Montigny and Valérie Fortier
Did you know that it is thanks to the Federation of Women Farmers of Quebec if self-employed women across the province can today access the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP)? It is exactly...
Women in agriculture #2 – Maude-Hélène Desroches and Chloé Roy
How can we bring the beauty of wild nature back to the heart of agricultural practices? This question is a great source of inspiration for our two guests today.
Women in agriculture #1 – Geneviève Bessette
In this first special segment on Women in Agriculture, we welcome Geneviève Bessette, sales director of La Shop Agricole in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Discover the story of this naturally curious...
LIVE episode - Greenhouses in Quebec: Technologies and innovation
In this BONUS episode of the Les Idées Radiicules podcast, Mike and Jean-William went to the Expo Québec Vert in Saint-Hyacinthe, where they received LIVE a very special guest: Pierre-Antoine Gilb...
Episode 11 - Urban agriculture
Urban agriculture is truly all around us, and you are probably contributing to it without knowing it! In this last episode of Season 1 of the podcast Les Idées Radiicules, Mike and Jean-Willia...
Did you know that each Canadian throws away an average of 79 kg (175 lbs) of food per year, making us the leaders in food waste in North America? Statistics* that send shivers down your spine....
Episode 9 - Community projects in agriculture
What if, like bees in a hive, together we built the agriculture of tomorrow? At a time when individualism reigns supreme, some people choose to draw inspiration from nature and agriculture to st...
Episode 8 - Mental health in agriculture
Mental health is just as important as physical health. And this is even more true among our agricultural producers! The agricultural sector is not spared from low morale or isolation. Why, and w...
Episode 7 - Impacts of Covid-19 on the food chain
In this new episode of Idées Radicules, we tackle the thorny subject of the health crisis. Producers, breeders, restaurateurs, mass retailers, slaughterhouses, the entire agri-food sector has ...
Episode 6 - Technologies on farms
Mickael and Jean-William discuss agricultural technologies with Mylaine Massicotte, owner of the farm Les jardin d'en Haut , Marie-Claude Comeau, owner of the farm La Radicule, and Nizar Barrou ...
Episode 5 - Canada, USA and food
Daniel Béland, PHD director of the Institute of Canadian Studies at McGill University and Sébastien Rioux, professor at the University of Montreal who holds the Canada Research Chair in politica...
Episode 4 - Food sovereignty (with Jean-Martin Fortier!)
Jean-William and Mickael welcome (remotely!) Jean-Martin Fortier, renowned organic market gardener, entrepreneur and award-winning author of the best-seller The Gardener-Maraîcher. Well known for ...
SPECIAL EDITION episode - The solidarity chore at the Jardins de la Grelinette
The Idées Radicules team participated on May 7, 2021 in a solidarity chore organized by Québec Solidaire, at the Jardins de la Grelinette, one of the farms of Jean-Martin Fortier and Maude-Hélène ...
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