The Bastien family is all about familyship, authenticity, product quality, healthy client relationship and passion for locality. They moved to St-Lin-Laurentides in 1984 to start in the cucumber business but made a turn in ’89 choosing to focus on greenhouse flowers. Today, they have 25 huge greenhouses bursting with flowers, indoor plants and fine herb, fruit and vegetable plantations. Also, Bastien Farm acquired over the years some land for field vegetable production, such as broccoli, winter squash and cauliflower. They sell pretty much everything at La Place des producteurs, but also have an online catalogue and deliver everything under the flower category.
Types of culture
Did you know that the squash is native to America? Indeed, it has been cultivated by indigenous peoples for centuries. Do you know the two kinds of squash? There is the winter squash and the summer squash, allowing us to enjoy them all year round. The so-called “summer” squash, like zucchini, have a tender, edible […]
END OF JUNE TO END OF OCTOBER
Did you know that cauliflower is a field vegetable and that each plant only produces one per year? Did you know that cauliflower fell into oblivion between Antiquity and the 17th century? Indeed, it was very much loved by the Greeks and then the Romans, but disappeared from the map until the Italians introduced it […]
Mid-June to Mid-November
Did you know that broccoli contains several compounds that can help prevent certain types of cancer? Among these is sulforaphane, released during the chewing of broccoli! Did you know that the stems of broccoli are eaten after peeling? Add them to your vegetable stir-fries, cook them in a pan in a little olive oil or […]
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