Selling farm products

In recent years, we’ve been very active in public markets, and have distributed to grocery stores and restaurants. Then, over the past six months, we opened a butcher shop and the farm store. So now we’re focusing a lot of our energy on that. We sell all our products on the farm . . . .but we also continue to distribute to restaurants and grocery stores. We do all cuts of beef, because we work with whole animals. So we use all parts of our beef. We also make homemade charcuterie with meat from the farm: sausages, ham, etc. Then there are vegetables in the summer .

But basically, we process half a cow every week. All cuts of beef are available. We’re open on Fridays and Saturdays for customers, and the whole half cow is available that weekend, fresh. Then there’s a portion that’s also distributed to grocery stores, otherwise we make our own homemade sausages. Hams, pâtés, basically all meat products, we make them too. We also try to stock the shop with local products from other producers. So we have pork, lamb, and poultry from producer friends in the region, as well as vegetables. It’s become a kind of mini farm grocery store.

Well, it’s really fulfilling, you know, to do stuff, to achieve things with your business. You know, when there are tough times, but there are also times when, you know, the store is packed on a Saturday afternoon, and then you say, wow, this is cool, you know. What I’m doing is working. So in that sense, it can be really rewarding

I think we’re a business that’s pretty well established in our community.

You know, we only work with meat from the farm or local producers, so we’re doing our part for food self-sufficiency in our region. We’re really proud of that. And then, you know, sometimes there are just as many people people from the village of Mont-Carmel who come to buy their meat for the week, and then you also have, say, people from Quebec City or Montreal who stop by because our products are of high quality. But you know, we’re always happy to see local people coming to buy stuff from us. And I think people appreciate us too.

Well, it’s everywhere, actually. It’s like, I don’t even think it can be categorized in terms of importance. It’s just that I wouldn’t have done this project without my family. And I’m doing it for the family too, so that’s that. Like I said earlier, there’s a lot of elbow grease from everyone in the family that keeps the farm going today. So yes, it’s super important.