Agroforestry Fair
An agroforestry public fair will be held pre-congress on Sunday, July 17th. Discover with the population of Québec City various agroforestry actors and their products in a festive atmosphere!
Grand Marché de Québec
Organized in collaboration by the Université Laval and the Association pour la commercialisation des produits forestiers non-ligneux (Association for commercialization of non-timber forest products), the Agroforestry Fair is a free event which will take place at the Grand Marché de Québec.
With around 15 exhibitors, this event will offer the citizens of Québec City and of the world an exceptional chance to discover the products and services of the various exhibitors.
It will also be a gold occasion to come and listen to Québec professionals who will tell us about forest products of the province and several ways to integrate them in our dishes. Several activities and animations will highlight our forests and their richness.
Booths
CPNCQ: Noix du Québec
Champignon boréal
Les Choux gras, coopérative
Les airelles des frères
Domaine Small
Ecosociété
Au jardin des noix
Les jardins cueilleurs
Nature A T
Conception Permanourricière
La coop de l'arbre
Presentations (in French):
La foresterie vivrière, by Simon Blais
Between productive agricultural dynamic and natural forest dynamic, the « foresterie vivrière » (food forestry) – or gourmand forestry for gourmets – is about the management or the valorization of nurturing ecosystems on woody plots or wasteland.
This presentation will explain the limits of picking in nature, the potential of boreal plant domestication, of sylvopastoralism, of mycotouristic planning et of the development of the local forest food offer. The conference will end with the presentation of a cooperative project – Forêt gourmande – ass well as a tasting of their product, at their booth.
Chaga en vrai, by Roger Larivière
Chaga is a parasite mushroom of birch. Made popular in Occident only during the last few decades, chaga has been used for its benefits by Asian, Russian and Scandinavian people for a long time. Several recognized organisations (WHO, FDA, Health Canada) recognize it as a natural health product thanks to its antivirus, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, antidiabetic proprieties and its modular effects on the immune system.
Les truffes de nos forêts, by Véronique Cloutier
What is truffles biodiversity in Québec? Do we own rare species to protect? Is there an economical potential in 2022? How do we seize the opportunity? These questions will be answered by this presentation on the unsuspected world of Québec truffles.
Les arbres à noix pour le Québec, by Yvan Perrault
Walnut trees, hazel trees, white oaks, beeches and hickories are all happy in our harsh climate. Sometimes in clay soils, sometimes in acidic soils, they have unusual aspects, and they lend themselves to all mosaics of landscape management. They could help you be self-sufficient in nuts, their wood will cost a fortune someday, they produce delicious and nutritious dry fruits, here are the Nordic nut trees!