One of the biggest network of organic farms
Today, the Network brings together more than 110 organic farms in Quebec and New Brunswick, feeding more than 22,000 families every year, as well as numerous partners who provide convenient basket pickup locations.
Farm stands
Your weren’t able to register for your organic CSA basket this season?
The good news is that many of our farmers have farm stands at the farm or in public markets and farmers’ markets across Quebec and New-Brunswick.
Farm stands
Your weren’t able to register for your organic CSA basket this season?
The good news is that many of our farmers have farm stands at the farm or in public markets and farmers’ markets across Quebec and New-Brunswick.
Our farms
The Family Farmers Network is a network of produce and livestock farms that promotes community-supported organic farming through an organic basket distribution program.
The Family Farmers Network is an exemplary model of ecological agriculture and market proximity.
History
Founded by Équiterre in 1996 on the principles of community supported agriculture (CSA), the Family Farmers Network started with 7 farms and 250 families in Québec. Today, the network brings together more than 110 farms in Québec and New-Brunswick, who feed more than 28 000 families every year.
A farmer in my municipality
Municipalities can play an active role in the development and consolidation of this contribution to the local economy by adjusting their regulations in order to make public spaces available year-round to our farmers.
For more information, contact us at support@cape.coop
A farmer at the office
A farmer's basket full of healthy, locally grown, organic vegetables, delivered directly to your workplace once a week? Find out how easy it is to host a drop-off point for the Quebec Family Farmers Network.
For more information, contact us at support@cape.coop
Estrie family farmers in action!
In this series of educational video capsules, the family farmers of Estrie are featured! Discover the farm reality, the benefits of ecological local agriculture and above all, the incredible people who hide behind your plates!
Listening to our Roots - The RFF podcast on Gigi's Organic Odyssey
Globe-trotting agrobiologist Ghislain “Gigi” Jutras gets behind the wheel of his Bio-mobile and sets off to the four corners of the province for a trip to listen to our roots! Throughout his journey, he interviews more than 80 people, mainly organic market gardeners, but also various actors from the community in order to reconstruct the history of the Network of Family Farmers (RFF).
Schools take root
Schools Take Root is an innovative fundraising campaign and a unique opportunity to educate young people and their families about healthy, local and eco-responsible food: the sale of baskets of organic vegetables produced by the Family Farmers Network farms to fund projects for schools, daycare centers and CPEs or community organizations.
Meet the team
Mélodie Hébert
Network Coordinator