Theme: Small fruits
Territory: MRC de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Municipality: Messines
Offered services:
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Rental of cultivation spaces in fields and in greenhouses;
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Exploitation of productive small fruit plants from the CREDÉTAO orchard;
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Accompaniment in terms of production, processing and
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marketing for entrepreneurial users;
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Offer of centralized production and packaging equipment;
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Conducting applied research projects that meet specific needs
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specific to the region;
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Offer of specialized training in berry cultivation and tailor-made;
** With regard specifically to the Agricultural Platform for Small Fruits of the
Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, it includes a research and training component on the GREENHOUSE CULTIVATION, among others on strawberries.
CREDÉTAO therefore plans to
set up 2 greenhouses in the summer of 2021 to provide a training site for
producers in the region wishing to embark on greenhouse production as well
as for the next generation of farmers interested in this mode of production.
OFFERED SERVICES
Rental of plants from the diversified orchard:
Planted in fall 2023
400 haskap trees
450 blueberries
345 lingonberry plants
180 currant bushes
90 Gadelliers
110 saskatoon berries
Planted in spring 2024
120 table grape plants
55 aronia plants
28 elderberry plants
Planted in fall 2024
340 blackcurrant plants
Infrastructure:
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1 heated greenhouse (3,000 feet²)
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Orisha automated system
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Water tank and pump included
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Access to water in the field
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Cold room (availablenible during the 2024 season)
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Freezer (available during the 2024 season)
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Storage spaces
Equipment:
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Lawn tractor
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Brush cutter
COMING IN 2024-2025
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Packaging equipment (e.g. sorting of small fruits)
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Production equipment (e.g.: harvester helper)
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Processing equipment
Stay tuned for the
Small fruits day
which will take place at the beginning of December !
This will be an opportunity in particular to discuss betweenproductberry drivers of fruit developmentbe sector in addition to taking advantage of conferences. Among other things, we will discuss the study of opportunities that we wish tolaugh to support you.
We will discuss collective marketing and shared packaging and processing equipment.