Urban Agriculture - Cultivaction

The Loyola Farm

The Loyola Farm is approximately 5000 square foot plot located at Concordia University, Loyola campus. Its the the previous location of City Farm School. The Loyola Farm is where we grow the majority of our seedlings, have our three-season greenhouse, run some of our education programming grow mushrooms, medicinals and of course lots of annual vegetables and herbs. We’re lucky to grow food on such a big plot in the city surrounded by so many other lovely garden groups!

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.

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

Our Senneville plots are over an acre large on the beautiful Morgan Farms. We’ve had one smaller plot which is part of the Patchwork community since the summer of 2023 where we grow lots of tomatoes, beans and peas. As of 2024 we’ve started farming on a neighbouring, larger plot. There is so much to discover at the new Senneville plot! In addition to growing lots of tasty, fresh vegetables we have a home-made solar oven, a food forest with dozens of fruit trees and bushes and Senneville is also where the quails and chickens live! Come visit the farm and spend time on some of the last farm land on the island!

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.

TOMATO

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

EGGPLANT

Ping Tung
Black Beauty

TOMATILLO

Purple
Green

SWEET PEPPER

Lipstick
Feu Rouge
Sweet Chocolate
Tequila Sunrise
Violet Sparkle
Paprika hongrois
Bell Pepper
Sweet Chocolate

ZUCCHINI

Sweet Granite
Romanesco
Goldy

KALE

Darkibor
Redbor
Lacinato

GREENS

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

CUCUMBER

Super Zagross
Marketmore
Suyo Long
Cucumber – Tournesol Field Cuke

RADISH

Sora
French Breakfast
Pearl
Bacchus
Hakeuri Turnups
Watermelon

BAK CHOI

Shanghai Green

HERBS

Tyhme
Sage
Parsley
Parsley
Cilantro
Rosemary
Dill
Basil

HOT PEPPER

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

CARROT

Starburst Blend
Yaya
Napoli
Dolcivia

BEET

Boro
Chioggia
Touchstone Gold

BUNCHING ONION

Parade
Evergreen

SPINACH

Regiment
Acadia
Space

LETTUCE

Winter Density
Pirat Butterhead
Magenta
Encino
Ezrilla
Ezflor Eazyleaf
Lettuce
Brentwood

GARLIC

Soft neck

THE BUZZ

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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.

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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