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\nPlease don’t squeeze the tomatoes<\/em>, reads a hand-written sign above a basket of oddly-shaped tomatoes at this veggie stand on Sherbrooke Street West.\u00a0 Stephen Homer, the friendly farmer behind the stand, easily convinced me to put down sixty cents for an organic purple heirloom tomato. He explained that the veggies were cultivated at Ferme du Z\u00e9phir<\/a>, one of the only remaining farms on the Island of Montreal.<\/p>\n

Homer divides his time between his home in NDG and an apartment near his farm in the West Island. He says that his staff travel by commuter train and bicycle to work on the farm in Senneville.<\/p>\n

Supporting local farms is one way to help keep our province’s best agricultural land out of the hands of suburban developpers and to reduce the environmental impacts of importing food over long distances. Best of all, since the fruit and veggies don’t have far to go between the farm and the market, the farmers can select for taste rather than, say, stackability.<\/p>\n

Montrealers can sign up to receive a weekly basket of organic produce from Ferme du Z\u00e9phir, delivered either in Pointe Claire or NDG. There is also a market every Thursday at Co-op la Maison Verte<\/a> (5785 Sherbrooke West). Given the success of today’s veggie stand, they’ll likely be back on Saturdays as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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