It has already been two years since the CLD, the MRC and the SADC organized public consultations and workshops to develop the Vision 2020’s Action and Strategic Plans. These meetings between the citizens of the Pontiac and our partners have greatly helped us to lay the foundation of this approach and to understand the perceptions [read full story]
Pay attention, we’re often told, because we never know where the next big idea will come from. When Litchfield counsellor, Mr. Ken O’Leary, walked his daughter down the aisle toward her soon-to-be Australian husband, he had no way of knowing that the union would someday lead to a promising new crop for the Pontiac. The [read full story]
Agricultural producers along with dignitaries, including provincial and federal members of parliament, Charlotte L’Écuyer and Lawrence Cannon, partners and interested parties gathered at Calumet Island’s hops field on August 15th, 2010 to see first-hand the results of this three year pilot project. These perennial plants take three years to establish and require an unusual installation [read full story]
Jacques Lance of Calumet Island proudly shows off his hops crop during the MAPAQ press conference on August 12, 2010. Les Brasseurs du Temps, a Gatineau (Hull) micro-brewery, made a harvest ale out of this trial crop, which was manually harvested at the beginning of September.
