Équiterre
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Équiterre is a Canadian non-profit and non-governmental organization, operating in Quebec. It manages a community-supported agriculture system of farms and consumers, including households and institutions.
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Company type | NGO |
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Industry | Agriculture management |
Founded | 1992, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | Steven Guilbeault and Sidney Ribaux |
Website | www |
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The non-profit's mission at founding had two main threads: to improve the organic agriculture economy in Quebec through stimulation of consumer demand, and to ensure access of citizens to local organic products through direct support of producing farms.[1]: 217
Members of the managed network required abiding by four criteria:[1]: 217–8
- Members would pay in advance to farmers for produce, and farmers would make production for the network their highest priority.
- The farmers would use organic farming methods.
- The focus would be on local production-consumption.
- The creation of a social relation between farmer and consumer.