{"id":3489,"date":"2024-10-04T13:05:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T13:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2024-10-04T13:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T13:05:54","slug":"cooperative-monark-beyond-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/cooperative-monark-beyond-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Coop\u00e9rative Monark, beyond agriculture !"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The ecological alternative offered by plant fibers like milkweed is more than an individual business project.\u00a0 It is above all a major social project.<\/p>\n

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The birth of a Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monark Cooperative is an inspiring community of innovation, based on cooperative and collaborative values.\u00a0\u00a0 It is also a group of nearly 20 producers, pioneers in the cultivation of milkweed in Quebec, who embarked on this project with the deep desire to do agriculture differently.<\/p>\n

4 years ago, together, we overcame difficulties and rolled up our sleeves!\u00a0 We met with researchers, manufacturers and industry expert consultants, in order to clearly define the needs, the potential applications and to perpetuate the place of milkweed fiber as a sustainable plant alternative.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not true that we looked crazy by planting milkweed in our fields, so that this distinctive fiber wouldn\u2019t achieve the success it was destined for !\u201d <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marie-No\u00ebl Breton, producer and project manager<\/p>\n

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A rigorous research and collaborative innovation approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monark Cooperative and the University of Sherbrooke have undertaken a promising research and development project, using innovative processes.\u00a0 We went elsewhere, far from the old recipes!\u00a0 We were able to collaborate with the best expertise internationally.\u00a0 The CTT Group also joined the project, providing additional expertise in materials and textiles.<\/p>\n

We are today at the validation stage of new generation thermal insulating quilting.\u00a0 We need to create a winter product and finally demonstrate its performance.\u00a0 What could be better than a pair of winter leisure mittens, essential for everyone in Quebec, and a La Ruche campaign with the community to achieve this important step in the milkweed project !<\/p>\n

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To join the Movement and contribute to it, visit laruchequebec.com\/monark<\/a><\/span> and\u00a0Facebook Le Mouvement Monark<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Coop\u00e9rative Monark, a collective mission<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through its driving role in the deployment of a strong Quebec milkweed industry, the cooperative listens, brings together, initiates projects and partnerships, promotes milkweed products both in Quebec and in North America both internationally.<\/p>\n

She works in all aspects of the milkweed project, whether for the development of cultivation techniques, agricultural or processing equipment, as well as efficient formats allowing manufacturers to integrate milkweed into their products.<\/p>\n

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Thus, Coop\u00e9rative Monark’s vision is to create an equitable value chain where all stakeholders share the common objective of making a difference for the environment, society and future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She works in all aspects of the milkweed project, for the deployment of a strong sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-cooperative"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3489"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3494,"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions\/3494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coopmonark.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}