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Two Size baskets are available:
-a large basket (2-4 persons) at 515$
-a small basket (1-2 persons) at 265$
15$ goes to Equiterre's CSA farm network.
-Order extra vegetables for preserving;
-Participate in farm activities;
For a visit of the farm (please call ahead) 514-457-3606
Some Examples of a weekly share*
Early July: 1 cauliflower, ¼ kg kale, ½ kg peas, 2 lettuces, ½ kg rapini, green onions, parsley, basil.
August: 1 kg tomatoes, 1-3 peppers, 2 lettuces, 1 eggplant, 4 cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, 1 cabbage, 2 zucchinis, beans.
September: 1 kg tomatoes, peppers, 2 summer squash, ½ kg broccoli, 12 carrots, 2-3 lettuces, 4 onions, 1 cucumber, 1-2 winter squash, basil.
October 1 kg Brussels Sprouts, 1 broccoli, ½ kg leaks, radishes, rapini, 1 cabbage, 1 rutabaga, parsley.
The farm is located at 145 Senneville rd.
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Community Supported Agriculture
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between producers and consumers. Consumers or members pay at the beginning of the year for a share in the harvest, which they receive in installments (a selection of vegetables) throughout the growing season. In this way consumers ensure themselves a supply of freshly-picked, organic vegetables grown locally and farmers get cash to help cover spring start-up costs. A CSA farm and its members agree to share the risks and benefits involved in farming here in Quebec. If the weather is bad, a member's weekly basket will be smaller. When times are good, members share in the increased bounty. La Ferme du Fort Senneville is a member of Equiterre (514 522 2000), a non-profit organization that provides support for local, organic, community supported agriculture.
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History of Community Supported Agriculture
CSA’s first originated in Japan, Germany, and Switzerland in the early 1960’s, in response to concerns about food safety and the urbanization of agricultural land. In Europe, groups of consumers and farmers organized themselves into cooperative partnerships in order to fund farming operations. In Japan, it was mothers concerned about the rise of imported food and the loss of arable land who started the first projects in 1965. The concept of CSA’s spread to North America in the 1980’s, and there now approximately 1400 CSA farms in Canada and the United States.
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