Alpagas Charlevoix is an alpaca farm and fibre store in the Charlevoix region of Quebec. Charlevoix is one of Quebec’s most inventive regions for agrotourism. The landscape includes green, rolling hills dotted with trees; fjords; headlands; and bays; hugs the St. Lawrence River and is a designated a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Tomiko and I were driving on highway […]
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île d’Orléans – The Garden of Quebec
Just 5 km east of downtown Quebec City, the Île d’Orléans is known as the “Garden of Quebec.” Even at the Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal we started seeing fresh fruits and veggies originating from the Île d’Orléans, from tomatoes and potatoes to their famous strawberries. Since we were on a food tour, of course we had […]
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Cooper’s CSA Farm
Over the weekend, we visited Cooper’s CSA Farm in Zephyr, Ontario. For the past three years, we’ve been a member of their CSA (community-supported agriculture) and had shares in their vegetable, egg, chicken, and pork bounty. At the start of the season, the farm hosts an open house where they provide tours of the farm and explain […]
Summertime is…Visiting a Pick-Your-Own Farm!
When we were kids and still living in Canada, our mom would take us to pick-your-own farms. I loved gorging on fresh berries still warm from the sun. Then during summers in Germany, we would pick cherries from our uncle’s tree, wild boysenberries in the hedgerows, and wild yellow plums in the fields. On a […]