Who are we?

We are a group of young farmers who met while studying agriculture in university. Our interest in good food, social justice and the environment led us to start Tourne-Sol cooperative farm in the fall of 2004. We run our business as a worker co-operative. By farming together, we have built a democratic, diversified and sustainable enterprise.

We produce vegetables, flowers, herbs, herbal teas, seedlings, and seeds in Les Cèdres, Quebec. Everything we grow is certified organic by Ecocert Canada following Quebec and Canadian organic standards.

Our Mission :

We strive to produce quality agricultural products according to organic standards and agro-ecological principles; to build strong community ties in our region; and to promote organic agriculture as a viable food production system.

From left to right: Frédéric Thériault, Reid Allaway, Renée Primeau, Emily Board and Daniel Brisebois, the five members of Tourne-Sol co-operative farm.

Our local organic produce is available at:

the Ste-Anne's Farmers' Market every Saturday

through our weekly CSA vegetable baskets

our seeds are also available through our online seed catalogue

Ste-Anne Farmers' market

We are present at the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Market every Saturday from mid June to the end of October. Our market stall offers a unique selection of top quality, exceptionally fresh, certified organic vegetables, cut flowers, herbs and seeds.

SCHEDULE AND LOCATION:
SUMMER: Every Saturday from the end of May to the end of October between 9am and 2pm. The market is located on the boardwalk in the village of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue on the western tip of the island of Montreal.
WINTER: From Thanksgiving to Christmas and from Jan to May the market moves indoors to the basement of St-George's Church near the corner of St-George's Rd and Maple. The indoor market operates from 10am to 1pm every Saturday.

DESCRIPTION: Between 5 and 12 producers from the region are present to bring this vibrant little market to life and offer a diversity of fresh, handcrafted and locally-produced items including: honey and other apiculture products; bread, pies and other baked goods, exotic ethiopian foods; jams, spreads and other preserves; goat cheeses; fresh fruits and vegetables and much more... Come visit the Ste-Anne Market on the boardwalk beside the locks.

LENGTH OF SEASON: We are present at the Ste-Anne market every Saturday from the end of May until Thanksgiving. Through the late fall and early winter we attend every 2 to 4 weeks with vegetables from our cold room and then begin anew with seeds in the late winter and early spring.

Organic seed and seedling sales

Attention Gardeners!
Every spring we produce a wide variety of certified organic seeds and seedlings for sale at our two market locations starting the third Saturday of May. Seedlings will include unusual and heritage varieties of tomatoes as well as many other vegetables, herbs and flowers to transplant to your home garden or offer as gifts to other gardeners Seedlings are available for approximately 3 weeks starting the third Saturday of May at both the market in Ste-Anne and at Finnegans market in Hudson. Our organic open pollinated seeds are obviously available for a much longer period. To download a digital copy of our seed catalogue visit our seeds page for more information or e-mail: semences_at_fermetournesol.qc.ca	The 2010 Montreal seed fair has already happened but there are still two stops on our spring seed fair schedule: 2010 Ottawa seed fair Find us and our organic seed offering at the Seedy Saturday in Ottawa Saturday March 6th, 10am to 3pm Ron Kolbus Center 105 Greenview Ave Ottawa, ON We will also be present at the 2010 Quebec City seed fair Sunday March 7th from 10:30am to 4:30pm Laval Univesity 2480 boul. Hochelaga Quebec, Quebec

Attention Gardeners!

Every spring we produce a wide variety of certified organic seeds and seedlings for sale at our two market locations starting the third Saturday of May. Seedlings will include unusual and heritage varieties of tomatoes as well as many other vegetables, herbs and flowers to transplant to your home garden or offer as gifts to other gardeners

Seedlings are available for approximately 3 weeks starting the third Saturday of May at both the market in Ste-Anne and at Finnegans market in Hudson.

Our organic open pollinated seeds are obviously available for a much longer period. To download a digital copy of our seed catalogue visit our seeds page for more information or e-mail: semences_at_fermetournesol.qc.ca

The 2010 Montreal seed fair has already happened but there are still two stops on our spring seed fair schedule:

2010 Ottawa seed fair
Find us and our organic seed offering at the Seedy Saturday in Ottawa

Saturday March 6th, 10am to 3pm
Ron Kolbus Center
105 Greenview Ave
Ottawa, ON

We will also be present at the
2010 Quebec City seed fair

Sunday March 7th from 10:30am to 4:30pm
Laval Univesity
2480 boul. Hochelaga
Quebec, Quebec

	How to reach us Please note that we do not offer direct sales at the farm and would appreciate advance notice of any visits whenever possible. To view our contact information please visit our contact info page