Reconnecting with your where your food comes from isn't just limited to eating local products... although it's a delicious habit to get into! To truly appreciate the producers who feed us, we must understand the hard work and passion they put into creating their products.
Here, you will discover podcasts, web series, reports, columns and much more that highlight producers, businesses or even issues in Quebec agriculture. It's a direct window into the underbelly of your diet... What are you waiting for to open it?
Podcasts
La Centrale agricole, le coeur battant de l'agriculture urbaine
Saviez-vous que la plus grande coopérative d'agriculture urbaine au MONDE se trouve ici-même, au Québec?Eh oui! La Centrale agricole, située en plein coeur de l'arrondissement Ahuntsic-Cartierville...
Becoming a winemaker in Quebec, a crazy dream? – Frédéric Ouellet-Lacroix and Joël Richard
For this last episode of season 3, Mike and Jiwi looked at another face of Quebec agriculture which is on the rise: viticulture.
The invisible life that is eroding beneath our feet – Marie-Élise Samson and Étienne Yergeau
Microorganisms are the basis of all life on Earth, and their presence in our lands is essential to ensure their fertility. On the other hand, some of our agricultural practices threaten this p...
Articles
Fourchette bleue ecoguide: the marine species of the St. Lawrence to prioritize on our plates
Our St. Lawrence is full of marine species that are under-exploited and little-known by Quebec restaurateurs, consumers and even fishmongers. This is why Fourchette bleue, a program founded by E...
4 ideas for Easter egg hunts on our local farms!
Basket in hand, hundreds of children (and adults, you have the right!) from Quebec are ready for the Easter egg race. Why not mix egg hunting and Quebec farms! Look no further, here are 4...
10 films or series to watch on agriculture
Agriculture holds a fundamental place in our society and our history, and we wanted to offer you 10 films or documentary series which have marked the eras, and help us understand the progress we...
Josée Chicoine, from animals to the planet
Warwick, does that mean anything to you? This surely rings a bell (from Pavlov!) to fans of farmhouse cheeses from the old presbytery of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick. But what few people still know...
Carole-Anne Lapierre, the woman who thrives on organic food
It is not because our parents and grandparents dug their roots into the subsoil of Montreal East that we are forced to dream of oil refining or chemical factories. Oh, no! Ask Carole-Anne Lapierre...
Ronan Corcuff, the art of making choux pasta
Humanity has not dreamed of transforming raw materials to enrich them, treat illnesses and prolong life. More than 2,000 years ago, Chinese alchemists already claimed to know how to convert lead i...