Les jardins bio-forestiers enr.

2015, rang du Rapide
Girardville (Quebec)
G0W 1R0
Tel. : 418 258-3838

In 1978, Serge Turcotte settled in Girardville, northwest of Lac St-Jean, to found an organic market garden business. His spouse, Lyne Lespérance, joined him in 1979 and the same year they purchased a small abandoned farm to fix up from top to bottom.

Over the years, Lyne and Serge have raised five children, acquired eight more plots of land and worked their way up to 100 acres of cultivated farmland, including 50 acres devoted to certified organic vegetables.

Given the northerly location of the premises, they mainly grow storable vegetables, such as carrots, green and red cabbage, rutabaga and white turnip.

The farm’s annual storage capacity of 500,000 kg allows it to continue to supply the market for a good part of the winter. The goods are transported from the farm to grocery store warehouses or wholesalers thanks to two contractually hired fruit and vegetable wholesalers in the area, allowing Les jardins Bio-forestiers to serve its customers efficiently.

The family’s youngest son David wishes to take over the farm one day together with his sister Yose, who is the family’s eldest daughter. David grows his own vegetables in the summer, including yellow and green beans, snow peas, broad beans, sweet corn, yellow and purple cauliflower, zucchini and more.

To find out more about our business, see the Semaine verte report," Le Maraicher du Nord".

Les Jardins Bio-forestiers is a founding member of the Symbiosis inc. group, whose success is a great source of pride for us.