This is me! ✨
I don’t think I’ve ever introduced myself properly to this community. I’m Geneviève, founder of Le Meadow’s Pantry. I started this little jam business 7 years ago out of my love for nature, the seasons and good food.
I was 5 yrs old when my parents decided to move to the country side in the Eastern Townships of Québec and built a house in a meadow surrounded by an apple orchard and maple grove.
My parents were not farmers and didn’t intend to farm the land. (My great grandfather had a butter factory that became one of the first margarine factory )
My parents wanted my 2 siblings and I to grow up close to nature. We had a vast garden, I learned to forage with my neighbors who were modern day homesteaders and started to learn and experiment with medicinal plants.
We would spend the winter cross country skiing in our “backyard”, there was even an abandoned copper mine (hence my love for copper) where we would explore trying to find gold.
Each summer we would go berry picking and harvest the apples in the fall. I have vague memory of my family putting up food. I was not involved in the process and it’s later in my early twenties that I re discovered the art of canning.
To be continued. 🤍
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