Achievements

Promote adaptation

The Earth warms up and directly influences the environmental conditions under which lettuce is grown. Although the latter prefers a cool climate, we are experiencing more and more extreme conditions during the growing season compared to our competitors in California. We therefore have an interest in diversifying the range offered by developing new varieties adapted to these changing growing conditions that can cause tip burn, basal rot, bolting, rib discoloration and double heart development.

Increasingly, we will target our varieties of lettuce depending on production periods that require special features. In this regard, the Foundation documents its trials over many years to demonstrate the strengths of its new varieties.

Meet the demands of consumers and markets

In addition to the fresh market, the processing, catering and ready-to-serve market continues to show strong growth. We are looking for romaine lettuce with short, closed leaves towards the center, to form dense and pale hearts, thus meeting the criteria of the buyers who seek to satisfy the demands of consumers. The quality of iceberg and roman lettuce being a fundamental element, innovation remains the only way to maintain and increase our market shares in front of much more powerful competitors.

The benefits of membership

You will get several promising lines of head lettuce or romaine lettuce not yet homologated, as they are in the process of selection, and thus participate in their appreciation and development. As the selection process is relatively long, you will have several years to benefit from large amounts of various new seeds before anybody else and to evaluate the full genetic potential of these lines under your own production conditions.

You will be invited every year to the presentation of research results. In addition, you can take part in the open house and visit the selection plots and view the varieties in the making.

You will receive an annual newsletter presenting the latest news and developments in the Foundation's research and development projects.

Our partners

The Foundation is privileged to have the financial support of producers and their active participation in the development of criteria for selecting varieties under our climatic conditions.

List of producers:

• Veg-Pro
  147 rang St-Paul
  Sherrington Qc J0L 2N0
  450-454-7712 p 234
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  Site web : vegpro.com
• Delfland inc.
  158 rang Grégoire
  Napierville Qc J0J 1L0
  450-245-1038
  Site web : delfland.ca
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• Maraîcher JPL Guérin & fils inc.
  107 St-Pierre ouest
  Sherrington QC J0L 2N0
  450-454-7237
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• Ferme Hotte et Van Winden
  316 St-André
  Napierville QC J0J 1L0
  514-863-3433
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• Production Horticole Van Winden
  50 rang St-Paul
  Sherrington Qc J0L 2N0
  450-454-6248
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• Vert Nature
  147 rang St-Paul
  Sherrington Qc J0L 2N0,br> 450-454-7712 p 234
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  Site web: attitudefraiche.com
• La Légumière Y. C.
  1463 rang Ste-Thérèse
  Saint-Rémi Qc J0L 2L0
  514-838-7591
  Courriel : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Production Margiric inc.
  3535 Avenue Des Perron
  Laval Qc H7J 1A3
  450-628-1516
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  Site web : margiric.com
• Guinois & Frères ltée
  1365 rang St-Régis
  St-Isidore Qc J0L 2H0
  450-454-3196
• Centre maraîcher Eugène Guinois inc.
  555 rang 4
  Ste-Clotilde Qc J0L 1W0
  450-826-3207
  Courriel: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  Site web: cmeguinois.com
• Jardins Paul Cousineau & fils inc.
  701 rang St-Pierre nord
  St-Constant Qc J5A 2E7
  450-635-9000
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  Site web : www.groupecousineau.com
• Le Potager Riendeau
  1729 rang St-Antoine
  Saint-Rémi Qc J0L 2L0
  450-454-9091
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• Maraîcher A. Barbeau
  2430 Principale
  St-Michel Qc J0L 2J0
  450-454-2555
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Our partners

The Foundation can also count on the financial support and collaboration of several partners in carrying out its research projects.

List of partners:

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  A major partner and principal funder through the AgriInnovation Program, which is part of the Growing Forward 2 policy framework.
• La Coop Unifrontières
  4, rang St-André
  Napierville Qc J0J 1L0
  450-245-3308
• APMQ
  905 du Marché central bureau 100
  Montréal Qc H4N 1K2
  514-387-8319
  Courriel : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  Site web: apmquebec.com
• Norseco
  2914, boul. Curé-Labelle
  Laval Qc H7P 5R9
  514-332-2275 / 800-561-9693
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  Site web: norseco.com
• CRÉ Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent
  88 rue Saint-Laurent Salaberry-De-Valleyfield,
  QC J6S 6J9
  450-370-1881
  
• Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation-MAPAQ
  Site web: mapaq.gouv.qc.ca