Ferme Lève-Tôt

Ferme Lève-​Tôt is a CSA — Community-​Supported Agriculture — farm in the Outaouiais. They provide great armfuls of certified organic vegetables weekly or every second week from June to October. They are also vendors at the Westboro and Wakefield farmer’s markets.
CSAs are a partnership between farmers (in this case, a small family farm) and the people who eat their delicious home-​grown food. CSA partners (that’s you and me) purchase a share at the beginning of the growing season, helping the farmers to cover expenses when they occur. Then, as vegetables ripen, CSA partners receive a share of the harvest.
My neighbours and I (3 adults) shared a weekly basket last season. We were very satisfied with the quality, quantity, and variety of the produce (though the baskets were smaller at the beginning of the growing season). We are all big veggie-​eaters so the new «family size» basket might have been more appropriate for us. The value of each week’s basket was far in excess of the ~$ 30 per week price … we would have paid more for non-​organic non-​local non-​fresh produce at Loblaws.
In addition to being «100-​mile diet”-friendly, I would recommend CSAs as a great way to make connections in the community.