Cultivaction

Urban Agriculture

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The Loyola Farm

The Loyola Farm is approximately 5000 square foot plot located at Concordia University, Loyola campus, and this site is the previous location of  City Farm School. lucky to grow food at this spacevafter a hiatus due to the pandemic.

2022 was Coop CultivAction’s first growing season growing tasty greens and veggies for our  CSA program (community supported agriculture baskets). We began growing food for the Hive Café Coop in an effort to make a hyper local farm to plate option for Concordia students. We also Launched workshops and food growing courses.

All these programs and more will happening this year. We look forward to connecting with the earth and the community for another bountiful growing season.

Funky Fungi

Funky Fungi is co-op member Nico Schutte’s mushroom grow operation based out of CultivAction’s Loyola farm space. Outdoors, they cultivate red wine caps, oyster, lion’s mane, and shiitake mushrooms in outdoor garden beds. Funky Fungi also specializes in log-inoculation with various other mushroom varieties, most notable: chicken of the woods, reishi, shiitake, and lion’s mane. For indoor production, Nico focuses on mushroom genetics in the form of liquid culture, petri dishes, and grain spawn.

To purchase liquid culture or place an order for grain spawn, and start to grow mushrooms at home, click here to contact nico.

The Concordia Greenhouse

We are growing microgreens at the Concordia Greenhouse. In this space, we are also growing all of the seedlings needed to fulfill the Loyola farm and the Ferme Urbaine Duff-Court. We are also using this space to experiment with four seasons growing even in the winter months.

We may produce extra seedling for sale to the public, please stay tuned for more information.

The Senneville Patchwork Farm

We’re expanded our farming to a new patchwork of land in Senneville. We appreciate everyone who has come out and lended a hand in this new growing spot.

We are growing fruits and vegetables without the use of any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides

Here is a list of the annual fruits and veggies we are growing this year

We invite you to come and see whats growing and speak directly with the farmers and see the methods of our production first hand. Also please contact us is you have any suggestions or requests for what you would like us to grow. Please note that availability is subject to what is in season.

  • Green Zebra
  • “Heirloom”
  • Purple Cherokee
  • Orange “Jaune Flamée”
  • Heirloom
  • Beefsteak
  • Golden Bison
  • Black Krim
  • Moskvich
  • Striped German
  • Mac Pink
  • Montreal Tasty

Cherry tomato: 

  • Pomodoro
  • Sungold
  • Dancing with Smurfs
  • Ping Tung
  • Black Beauty
  • Purple
  • Green 
  • Lipstick
  • Feu Rouge
  • Sweet Chocolate
  • Tequila Sunrise
  • Violet Sparkle
  • Paprika hongrois
  • Bell Pepper
  • Sweet Chocolate
  • Sweet Granite
  • Romanesco
  • Goldy
  • Darkibor
  • Redbor 
  • Lacinato
  • Astro Arugula
  • Esmee Arugula
  • Red Russian Baby Kale
  • Tat Soi
  • Garnet Giant Mustard Greens
  • Red Carpet Mustard Greens
  • Red Lace Mustard Greens
  • Mizuna Asian Greens
  • Swiss Chard
  • Rainbow Blend 
  • Super Zagross
  • Marketmore
  • Suyo Long
  • Cucumber – Tournesol Field Cuke
  • Sora
  • French Breakfast
  • Pearl
  • Bacchus
  • Hakeuri Turnups
  • Watermelon

Shanghai Green

 

Tyhme
Sage
Parsley
Parsley
Cilantro
Rosemary
Dill
Basil

  • Chinese 5 color
  • Habanero (red & yellow)
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Hot Lemon
  • Hot Paper Lantern
  • Hot Pepper Mix
  • Jalapeno
  • Red Paper Lantern
  • Red Rocket
  • Ring of fire Cayenne
  • Serrano
  • The Bomb Mix
  • Starburst Blend
  • Yaya
  • Napoli
  • Dolcivia
  • Boro
  • Chioggia
  • Touchstone Gold
  • Parade
  • Evergreen
  • Regiment
  • Acadia
  • Space
  • Winter Density
  • Pirat Butterhead
  • Magenta
  • Encino
  • Ezrilla
  • Ezflor Eazyleaf
  • Lettuce
  • Brentwood

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CAMPUS-COMMUNITY CONNECTION

Concordia University

Under the leadership of Erik Chevrier, Professor in Urban Agriculture at Concordia University,  Coop Cultivaction is creating opportunities for Montreal residents and Concordia University students to get involved in urban agriculture and learn about nature-based climate solutions to growing food and be part of a meaningful and mutually beneficial movement towards a more thriving and cooperative local food system.

The goal for this partnership is to create a research capacity in urban agriculture and connect a network of faculty and students to enrich the Duff-Court neighborhood.

Get Involved! 

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Goals and Commitments

Sustainability

  • Accountability to our membership and the communities we engage with
  • Contribute to the reduction of negative impacts of imported products such as emissions, greenhouse gases and packaging that contribute to climate change
  • Contribute to an anti-capitalist solidarity economy
  • Empower people to build community food sovereignty
  • Increase local biodiversity and create safe habitat for pollinators and animals that are threatened by hazardous chemical pesticides
  • Produce eco-responsible food of high quality
  • Save seeds and contribute to local seed banks with less common heirloom varieties
  • Use permaculture practices to grow in harmony with the natural environment
  • Use regenerative growing practices to sequester carbon and reduce the need for external inputs
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