Centre d’initiatives en agriculture de la région de Coaticook (CIARC)
125 rue Morgan, bureau 134,
Coaticook, Québec
J1A 1V6
Services and activities
- Visits to the ferme centenaire (June to August)
- Visits to the educational garden (accessible at all times, carried out by students from different CRIFA programs, including Landscaping, Horticulture and Ornamental Gardening and Horticultural Production)
- Stele of the historical character of La Voie des pionniers in homage to Mr. Lauréat Lavoie
- Interpretive panels with historical section
Information
The CIARC is at the origin of various initiatives, including:
- the organic market gardening business incubator, which offers technical and financial support to entrepreneurs with training in horticultural production who are interested in organic market gardening,
- the Comité d’adaptation de la main-d’œuvre agricole (CAMO), which created the Centre régional d’initiatives et de formation en agriculture (CRIFA) in 1992,
- the Table de concertation agroalimentaire, which aims to develop and promote the region’s agri-food potential,
- the workforce stabilization project, which made it possible to develop a quality charter and produced various tools to supervise the management of human resources in agricultural businesses,
- the heritage barn restoration project, which restored its former splendor to the Plateau barn, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012,
- the dairy water treatment project by electroflotation and electrocoagulation.
Mission
Its mission is to revitalize the agricultural sector in a sustainable way through innovative projects that support regional development and training.
The C.I.A.R.C. est aussi la ferme-école du Centre régional d’initiatives et de formation en agriculture (CRIFA), as well as Gestion et technologies d’entreprise agricole of the Cégep de Sherbrooke.
