Laboratoire agriculture urbaine

Montréal
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Contact details

2150 Rue Sainte-Catherine
Montréal Québec H3H 1M7
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Description

Le Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine (AU/LAB) est un carrefour de recherche, d’innovation et d’intervention au service du développement de l'agriculture urbaine. Les domaines d’actions sont diverses : accompagnement des entreprises agricoles et des municipalités, innovation sociale, formation et recherche. AU/LAB favorise le développement et la reconnaissance de l’agriculture urbaine citoyenne ou commerciale dans la perspective de participation au développement d’un système alimentaire urbain durable. Il est reconnu comme une référence nationale et internationale en recherche, accompagnement et formation sur l’agriculture urbaine.Depuis 2019, AULAB est un dispensateur de services au niveau national pour le Réseau agriconseils. Nous offrons de l'accompagnement agronomique, technique et économique pour les entreprises agricoles urbaines.

Territories served

Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Nord-du-Québec), Bas-Saint-Laurent, Capitale-Nationale, Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Laurentides, Mauricie, Montérégie, Montréal-Laval-Lanaudière, Outaouais, Saguenay-Lac St-Jean, Saguenay-Lac St-Jean

Offered services:

Technical: Commercialization, Related to agricultural practices (farming methods, water management, agroforestry, maple sugaring, buildings, and equipment),

Human resources and data management: Data organization, Management of work and human resources,

Farm business management: Farm business plan, Farm start-up plan, Farm transfer plan, Marketing plan, Strategic planning, Techno-economic analysis,

Agri-Food management: Agri-Food plan, Agri-Food start-up plan, Agri-Food transfer plan, Marketing plan, Marketing plan, Strategic planning,

Agri-Environment: Agri-Environmental Support Plan plan (Plan d’accompagnement agroenvironnemental - PAA), Monitoring and detailed, targeted assessment, Targeted assessment in Agri-Environment,

Vegetal production:

Apples, Carrots and celery, Mushrooms, Crucifers, Field crops: vegetables, Gourd family, Greenhouse crops: vegetables, Highbush blueberries, Lettuce and chicory, Lowbush blueberries, Mushrooms, Onions and leeks, Orchards, Ornamental crops, Ornamental crops: in field, Ornamental crops: in greenhouse, Ornamental crops: in nursery, Other small fruits (sallow thorns, elderberries, haskaps...), Pears, Plums, Potato family (tomatoes and eggplants), Processing vegetables, Raspberries, Small fruits, Strawberries, Vineyards

Specialities:

Soil specialities: Composting, Fertilizing residual materials, Geomatics and remote sensing, Irrigation, Robotization, Soil conservation and management, Soil decontamination, Surface drainage, Vermicomposting, Windbreak,

Plant specialities: Aquaponics, Specialty mushrooms (oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, hydnes, pholiotes, etc.), Cut Flowers, Fine herbs and medicinal plants, Hop, Microgreens, Specialty mushrooms (oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, hydnes, pholiotes, etc.), Urban agriculture, Vertical farming,

Management specialities: Business plans, Commercialization, Manufacturing cost of processed products, Market release, Organic agriculture, Production cost, Urban agriculture,

Added value specialities: Customer experience, Digital marketing, Market release, Marketing,

Advisers:

  • Sara Bordeleau-Bursztajn
  • Marie Desmaison, Agronomist
  • Dominique Lynch-Gauthier