Returning to one’s roots
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Three generations later, Gabriel Gagnon, Camille’s grandson, was a chef in Quebec City, and his partner Isabelle LeBlanc was a waitress. Although they liked the city life, the couple wanted to return to the land. When an ancestral home became available in Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie, it was love at first sight. The couple moved to Kamouraska in 2017. This marked the beginning of Le Potager de Saint-Denis vegetable farm.
Butchering.
However, tragedy struck three years later when Gabriel’s uncle Louis Voyer was killed by a bull. The family’s dairy farm on Rang 6 was suddenly orphaned. For the family, abandoning their life’s work was out of the question.
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In addition to tending the vegetable garden, Isabelle and Gabriel have decided to preserve the family heritage. Since their relatives have taken up the torch, they are now the fourth generation to occupy the land on Rang 6 in Mont-Carmel. And they are there to stay. In addition to being present at public markets, as the local population has grown to expect, they have just opened a butcher shop on the farm. Apparently, there is record traffic on Rang 6 on days when the shop is open!
From the time when Gabriel’s ancestor settled in a new land to the time when his descendant returned to his roots, entrepreneurship, particularly in the food industry, has played a prominent and novel role in the life of each generation of the Voyer family. Although the first ancestor changed occupations when he arrived in this land, his descendant has retained the family’s entrepreneurial spirit by combining tradition with innovation.