Urban agriculture is the new hype. Several roofs become garden where a variety of vegetables grow and will then garnish the plates of customers. We might think that this mode is only seen in the trendiest restaurants in Montreal. Error.
The restaurant Drummondville À la Bonne Vôtre http://restoenligne.com/En/Restaurants/Evaluations/auberge-a-la-bonne-votre inaugurated its urban garden at the beginning of the season and already the customers benefit.
The owner Pascal Allard can therefore always offer products of the season, but more importantly, local... very local! Obviously, the roof garden of the restaurant cannot meet the demand, but they have noted improvements to apply next year. Thus, he believes that the performance will be better and it will offer a different variety of products.
By the time the garden is self-sufficient, Pascal Allard continues to do business with local producers. It is relationships with these suppliers since the restaurant opened in 2003.
There are several reasons why the chefs create a garden on the roof. Among other things, they think that giving responsibility to cooks for the maintenance of the garden will make them take note of the extent of the effort to grow a tomato and that they will be more respectful when cooking it.
Such a garden is also one of the measures taken by restaurants to reduce the ecological footprint.
Are you more tempted to go to a restaurant that practice urban agriculture?
