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- 22 February 2022
Click on the image above to enlarge it In the publication of its special Agriculture 2021 booklet, the Voice of the East presents the
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- 22 February 2022
The popular Canadian magazine House & Home published an article about Les Ensembliers and their Ferme Humminghill in Bolton-Ouest. You will find below the
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- 22 February 2022
On June 14, about thirty Secondary 5 students at École Secondaire Massey-Vanier in Cowansville took part in a planting on Apiculture WB land along
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- 22 February 2022
La Ferme de la Racine Carrée has opened registrations for the delivery of organic vegetable baskets, At the Farm, on Fridays or Saturdays (your
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- 22 February 2022
Encourage a small family maple grove and reserve your delicious maple syrup and pure maple products now! Here is the list of products available
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- 22 February 2022
Following an agreement between Le Collectif de Bolton-Ouest/Apiculture WB Inc. and Metro Inc., 1,200 jars of 500 g are now available in about fifteen
The Bolton-Ouest collective
A unique approach
The modules of the Collective
Agricultural ecosystem
This module aims for the optimal production of hay and other crops within the Collective through an approach that respects the environment and is "organic" oriented with an optimal economic and ecological return...
On the territory of Bolton-Ouest, there are cattle farms (Highland) using two methods. The first is beef on intensive rotation pasture: this method allows an equal – or even greater – capture of CO2 by the pastures...
Bolton-Ouest is the first bee-friendly rural municipality in Canada (Bee City Canada). The Collective's approach aims for a geo-spatial distribution of hives on our territory in order to establish a balance with native pollinators and bee plants...
Forest ecosystem
The Forests Module continues its forest and ecological inventorying activities on the properties of most members of the Bolton-Ouest Collective, cutting plans, experimenting with various tools, etc.
Several sugar bush operations are in operation in Bolton-Ouest. Some are managed in conventional mode while others develop niche products...
NTFPs (non-timber forest products) include mushrooms, edible and medicinal plants, small fruits, berries, etc. They can be picked (natural production) or planted / induced in certain favorable biotopes...
Bolton-Ouest has to its credit the development of the first carbon credit project in private forests in Quebec; the Collective officiating here as co-developer of the project with the firm ÉcoTierra...
