Coop CultivAction

Cultivaction is hiring 2 part-time positions for this upcoming school year! Those interested, please apply through this SHIFT internship link:
https://www.concordia.ca/about/shift/what-we-do/internship-program.html

Deadline to apply is August 8th.

Notre premier marché de l’année
est aujourd’hui!! Venez nous voire de 15h à 18h!

Our first market of the year is today!!! Come see us from 3-6pm!

📢 Did you hear?
The Concordia Farmers market returns to Loyola on June 25th!
will offer an exciting new program this year - a pay-what-you-can produce stand for members!
Anyone can become a lifetime member at anytime for only $10!
Check out what is in season in June! Lots more to come throughout the harvest season! 🍆🍅🥕🌽🥒🫐

Loyola crew getting off the exo train en route to our plot in Senneville, with our baby grapevines 🚴‍♂️🚴🚴‍♂️🍇 wahooo! we go to Senneville Monday mornings and Wednesday afternoon/evenings, join our volunteer facebook group [Bénévoles Co-op CultivAction Volunteers] if you want to get in on the action and commute with us by car or by train. 🫵💚😜

L’équipage de Loyola descend du train exo en route vers notre parcelle de Senneville, avec nos petits bébés vignes 🚴‍♂️🚴🚴‍♂️🍇 wahooo ! nous allons à Senneville le lundi matin et le mercredi après-midi/soir, rejoignez notre groupe Facebook de bénévoles [Bénévoles Co-op CultivAction Volunteers] si vous souhaitez participer à l’action et vous déplacer avec nous en voiture ou en train. 💚😜

wahoo! we’re so excited to be apart of Fungi Fest MTL again this year 🍄

En raison du succès de la première édition de Fungi Fest Mtl, le festival de champignons original de Montréal, cette saison, nous élargissons nos racines en organisant le FFMTL à deux nouveaux endroits ! 🍄🔥💫

Nous sommes très heureux de nous être associés avec la BMP Co-op à Milton Park, à la Concordia Food Coalition à l'Université Concordia et Singhs Arcade à Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. Encore une fois, rien de tout cela ne serait possible sans le soutien extraordinaire que nous avons reçu de vous tous. Nous espérons une fois de plus répandre nos spores et nous connecter avec la merveilleuse communauté myco à travers nos festivals. 🌱🌟💜

Les dates du festival seront annoncées prochainement. Restez à l'affut ! 😎

Avec mush love,
L'équipe du Fungi Fest

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Due to the success of last year's first edition of Fungi Fest Mtl, Montreal's original mushroom festival, this season we will spread our roots by hosting FFMTL at two new locations! 🍄🔥💫

We are very happy to be partnering with the BMP Co-op in Milton Park, the Concordia Food Coalition at Concordia University, and once again Singhs Arcade in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. None of this would be possible with all of the amazing support we received from all of you. We hope to once again spread our spores and connect with the wonderful myco community through our festivals. 🌱🌟💜

The festival dates will be announced shortly. Stay tuned ! 😎

With mush love,
The Fungi Fest team

Sainte Anne de Bellevue Fête des Voisin-e-s Milton-Parc B Factory Placebo Vibes Crochet More Than Meets the Fungi Permaculture Sainte Anne de Bellevue Coop CultivAction Big Fungus Concordia Mycological Society - CMS Plant Love Grow Dig Plant Love Café T.W.I.G.S. Concordia Greenhouse Cercle des mycologues de Montréal Cultiver Montréal

recap of yesterday’s weekly tuesday volunteer session 10-2pm: we had a lovely turn out of sweet volunteers and together we got our tomatoes and peppers in the ground before the rain later in the evening 🤩 scoreee! then we harvested bunches of radishes & chives to deliver to … and some extras for our volunteers to bring home, of course ☺️ lastly, this season one of our incredible native pollinator plants bee balm came back almost a little too strong this year 😅 so we dug some up for our volunteers to bring to their gardens and the rest for and to relocate to the guerrilla pollinator garden located along the de maisonneuve bikepath in NDG 🌸🌻🌷🌼

we are thrilled to be back in full swing! 🌿 & hope to see you at our next tuesday volunteer session 10-2pm at 7075 rue terrebonne 💚

We invite you to come outside and get your hands dirty in the garden at our volunteer sessions at the Loyola and Senneville farms. Come by anytime during our drop-in volunteer sessions, no sign up or registration needed, see you there!

LOYOLA
Tuesdays 10-2pm
Every other Saturday 10-2pm (April 27, May 11 & 25, June 8 & 22, July 6 & 20, August 3, 17 & 31)

SENNEVILLE
Mondays 9am-12pm
Wednesdays 4pm-8pm
Every second and fourth Saturday 9am-12pm (May 11 & 25, June 8 & 22, July 12 & 26, August 10 & 24, September 14 & 28)

VIST OUR WEBPAGE FOR DIRECTIONS: https://cultivaction.ca/projects/volunteer

🌧️ Please note that volunteer days will be cancelled if it rains.

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Nous vous invitons à sortir et à vous salir les mains dans le jardin lors de nos sessions de bénévolat aux fermes de Loyola et de Senneville. Venez à n’importe quel moment lors de nos sessions de bénévolat sans inscription, à bientôt !

LOYOLA
Les mardis de 10 à 14 heures
Un samedi sur deux de 10 à 14 heures (27 avril, 11 et 25 mai, 8 et 22 juin, 6 et 20 juillet, 3, 17 et 31 août)

SENNEVILLE
Le lundi de 9h à 12h
Le mercredi de 16h à 20h
Tous les deux et quatre samedis de 9h à 12h (11 et 25 mai, 8 et 22 juin, 12 et 26 juillet, 10 et 24 août, 14 et 28 septembre)

VISITEZ NOTRE PAGE WEB POUR OBTENIR LES DIRECTIONS : https://cultivaction.ca/projects/volunteer

🌧️ Veuillez noter que les journées de bénévolat seront annulées en cas de pluie.

Explorez le monde dynamique de l’agriculture urbaine à la FERME LOYOLA ! Rejoignez-nous pour une visite du jardin, où vous découvrirez des techniques innovantes pour cultiver des aliments en ville. Mettez la main à la pâte dans notre atelier de fabrication de bombes à graines, en créant des outils pour le jardinage de guérilla et l’écologisation des espaces urbains. Les enfants sont les bienvenus.

APPORTEZ VOTRE PROPRE CHAISE OU COUVERTURE.
🌧️ DATE DE PLUIE : 31 MAI, 17 H À 20 H.
La Ferme Loyola est située à l’arrière du bâtiment TB de l’Université Concordia, Campus Loyola. 7079 Rue de Terrebonne, Montréal, Québec H4B 1E1.

Explore the vibrant world of urban agriculture at LOYOLA FARM! Join us for a garden tour, where you’ll discover innovative techniques for growing food in the city. Get your hands dirty in our seed-bomb workshop, crafting tools for guerrilla gardening and greenifying urban spaces. Kids are welcome.

BYO CHAIR OR BLANKET. 🌧️ RAIN DATE: MAY 31, 5-8 PM.
The Loyola Farm is located at the back of Concordia University, Loyola Campus – TB building. 7079 Rue de Terrebonne, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1E1.

Please check out our upcoming urban agriculture courses:

🍄 Mushroom Education Course: Learn the fundamentals of indoor and outdoor mushroom cultivation!

🌱 Urban Foraging Course: Embark on a journey through the abundant wilderness of Tiohtià:ke/Montreal every Saturday in June!

🥕 Urban Agriculture Certificate: Gain the knowledge, skills, and practical experience to create positive changes in your local food systems! The certificate program is offered at Loyola Farm or Senneville Farm.
Spaces are LIMITED, visit our website now!

🐝 Friendly reminder! Early-bird Registration for the Urban Agriculture Certification Course Expires Monday! Gain the knowledge, skills, and practical experience to create positive changes in your local food systems! The certificate program is offered at Loyola Farm or Senneville Farm. Please visit our website for more info or to sign-up. Concordia Students, there are still a few spots left for the subsidized tuition rate of $50 per participant. Don't miss out! 🌱

free workshops today! learn how to start your own seedlings, understand when to plant your seeds, and enjoy a hands-on activity lead by Caleb Woolcott (he/him) 1-2:30. or come learn about medicinal herbs and make your very own herbal medicine, an oxymel, made from herbs grown at our Loyola campus community farm with facilitator nico schutte (they/them) 3-4:30. 📍

Two new workshops you won't want to miss! 1-2:30 Starting Seedlings https://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/offices/provost/fourth-space/programming/2024/02/21/grow-at-home.html

and 3-4:30 Make Your Own Oxymel (intro to herbal medicine) https://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/offices/provost/fourth-space/programming/2024/02/21/grow-at-home-2.html

These are both FREE events, just register using the links. The venue, 4th Space Concordia, is wheelchair accessible!

Grow at Home: CultivAction Oyxmel Workshop - Concordia University In this workshop, co-op CultivAction co-founder nico schutte (they/them) will teach participants about medicinal herb properties and how to make oxymels.

This Saturday join us a for a community dinner / visioning meeting 6-8pm. Come eat some food and discuss what you’d like to see from our co-op going into next season. hosted at lovely space 📍 1440 rue guy.

Stop by co-op CultivAction’s table for fresh greens, house plants & herb plants, microgreen grow kits, mushroom liquid culture syringes, medicinal tea blends, balms, and tinctures. 🫶🌿🍄

Join us for one last Greenhouse event before it’s closed Feb 5th until 2025. 💚 This is your chance to grab fabulous plants from and co-op CultivAction goodies before the Greenhouse closes down! 🌿 We will have herb plants, house plants, farm-grown herbal medicines, tea blends, salves, fresh greens to eat, and various grow kit supplies to cultivate microgreens and/or gourmet mushrooms right at home.

To our lovely greenhouse microgreen volunteers, don’t worry, we will continue meeting at the Greenhouse until mid-late Feb. Keep an eye on our social media for relocation information once we move out. Volunteer sessions will remain Tues & Fri 11-1pm, and we will relocate to the Loyola campus TB building.

Rejoignez-nous pour un dernier événement à la serre avant la fermeture le 5 février jusqu’en 2025. 💚 C’est votre chance d’obtenir des plantes fabuleuses de et des produits de co-op CultivAction avant la fermeture de la serre ! 🌿 Nous aurons des plantes aromatiques, des plantes d’intérieur, des plantes médicinales cultivées à la ferme, des mélanges de thé, des pommades, des légumes frais et divers kits de culture pour cultiver des micropousses et/ou des champignons directement à la maison. Il y aura également des spectacles musicaux de 13h à 17h, à bientôt ! 🕺🪩

À nos charmant•e•s bénévoles à la serre, ne vous inquiétez pas, gardez un œil sur nos médias sociaux pour des informations de relocalisation une fois que la serre ferme. Les sessions resteront les mardis et vendredis de 11h à 13h, mais seront relocalisées dans le bâtiment TB du campus de Loyola. Plus de détails à venir !

REPOST: Special thanks to for inviting us to the Loyola Campus Food Fair. 🫶🥕🥬🌶 So nice to connect & give Loyola students free plants, microgreens, eat some yummy falafel bowls made by … aaand 🥰 hang out with our farming buddies .heart.mouth all afternoon 🧑‍🌾👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

our next tabling event to find free plants, microgreens, and shop our farm-grown herbal medicines will be Plant sale feb 1 10-7pm 🌿🍄

happy new year!! want to get involved with co-op cultivaction this semester? come by anytime during our drop-in volunteer sessions to water some plants, learn something new, and grow a greener thumb within community. 🌱 all volunteers receive fresh, free greens to bring home. 😋 no sign up or registration needed, see you there!

Please don’t forget to VOTE YES to CultivAction On November 21-22-23-24 and sow change in our food system. Voting yes to CultivAction means: Thousands of pounds of campus-grown veggies available free to students and community food security organizations. Free urban agriculture workshops, hands-on learning, and volunteering opportunities. Regenerating biodiverse campus greenspaces. Socially-just, cooperative, sustainable agriculture happening right here on campus.

We’ll continue to work closely with dozens of student groups, community food security organizations, BIPOC-led food groups, and other farmers to make our food system more ecologically regenerative, socially just, and based in cooperative economics.

Voting yes to CultivAction means: Thousands of pounds of campus-grown veggies available free to students and community food security organizations. Free urban agriculture workshops, hands-on learning, and volunteering opportunities. Regenerating biodiverse campus greenspaces. Socially-just, cooperative, sustainable agriculture happening right here on campus.

On November 21-22-23-24 VOTE YES to CultivAction and sow change in our food system. On November 21-22-23-24 VOTE YES to CultivAction and sow change in our food system. We are applying for a fee levy because we want to make all our vegetables available free or pay-what-you-can to students, the Le Frigo Vert , People's Potato, Hive Café Solidarity Co-op and community food security organizations. Hundreds of students each year learn how to farm with us through free workshops, our Summer courses and volunteering opportunities. Help us make our vision of a food-sovereign community a reality. Visit our website to find out more.

Sprout a sustainable food system. We’ll nurture foodscapes that are home to thousands of native and beneficial species of plants, animals and insects, creating space for thriving community connections with nature and providing opportunities for innovative scientific and social research.

Voting yes to CultivAction means: Thousands of pounds of campus-grown veggies available free to students and community food security organizations. Free urban agriculture workshops, hands-on learning, and volunteering opportunities. Regenerating biodiverse campus greenspaces. Socially-just, cooperative, sustainable agriculture happening right here on campus.

CultivAction is your cooperative campus-community farm. We grow vegetables, mushrooms and herbal medicines at the Loyola Campus, Concordia Greenhouse, and off-campus in Senneville using biodiverse regenerative agriculture methods. We’re applying for a fee levy because we want to make all our vegetables available free or pay-what-you-can to students, the Frigo Vert, People’s Potato, Hive Cafe and community food security organizations. Hundreds of students each year learn how to farm with us through free workshops, our Summer courses and volunteering opportunities. Help us make our vision of a food-sovereign community a reality. Vote yes to CultivAction and sow change in our food system.

Visit our website to find out more.

We’ll provide all students with hands-on opportunities to learn about urban agriculture through free workshops, an extensive full-Summer course, and volunteering opportunities.

Voting yes to CultivAction means: Thousands of pounds of campus-grown veggies available free to students and community food security organizations. Free urban agriculture workshops, hands-on learning, and volunteering opportunities. Regenerating biodiverse campus greenspaces. Socially-just, cooperative, sustainable agriculture happening right here on campus.

CultivAction is your cooperative campus-community farm. We grow vegetables, mushrooms and herbal medicines at the Loyola Campus, Concordia Greenhouse, and off-campus in Senneville using biodiverse regenerative agriculture methods. We’re applying for a fee levy because we want to make all our vegetables available free or pay-what-you-can to students, the Frigo Vert, People’s Potato, Hive Cafe and community food security organizations. Hundreds of students each year learn how to farm with us through free workshops, our Summer courses and volunteering opportunities. Help us make our vision of a food-sovereign community a reality. Vote yes to CultivAction and sow change in our food system.

Visit our website to find out more.

We’ll involve students in growing 5000+ lbs of food every year that will be available for free or PWYC to students at free fridges around campus, at the Frigo Vert, People’s Potato, Hive Cafe and donated to community food security organizations.

Voting yes to CultivAction means: Thousands of pounds of campus-grown veggies available free to students and community food security organizations. Free urban agriculture workshops, hands-on learning, and volunteering opportunities. Regenerating biodiverse campus greenspaces. Socially-just, cooperative, sustainable agriculture happening right here on campus.

CultivAction is your cooperative campus-community farm. We grow vegetables, mushrooms and herbal medicines at the Loyola Campus, Concordia Greenhouse, and off-campus in Senneville using biodiverse regenerative agriculture methods. We’re applying for a fee levy because we want to make all our vegetables available free or pay-what-you-can to students, the Frigo Vert, People’s Potato, Hive Cafe and community food security organizations. Hundreds of students each year learn how to farm with us through free workshops, our Summer courses and volunteering opportunities. Help us make our vision of a food-sovereign community a reality. Vote yes to CultivAction and sow change in our food system.

Visit our website to find out more.