Hello Canuck Permies.
I like seeing some Can-con on this site. I'm a Montreal based Permie and a chef. I got my PDC certificate this year from Southern Vermont Permaculture, and have been loosely involved with the montreal Permaculture scene/guild. I run a small catering company and may also be taking over the kitchen for a popular montreal gastro-pub, and i am in the process of trying to integrate these endeavors into a sustainable farm-to-table operation run using permie principles and techniques. This is all in very early stages, at the moment I have only about an acre or two of land leased on a friends farm in eastern ontario (just over the border) to bang around on. we are just starting to sheet mulch out beds now....
I love the gatineau area, I once worked in wakefield and my girlfriend and I usually visit in the fall time (mmmm Chez Eric!). I met some nice french canadian homesteaders who are working in the area at a forest gardening course this last year. although you are both a bit far from MTL to have much practical access to this as a market, I think direct marketing to restaurants in the city is the way to go, and can make selling your surplus a totally viable financial proposition.
Anyhow I for one would love to come up and check out what you are doing. Good luck with your homesteading.
