La Coop fédérée : Salon de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et de la Consommation 40 years of collaboration with La Coop fédérée!

The Salon de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et de la Consommation (SAAC) will be held January 16 to 18, 2015 at the Centre des foires de Quebec. La Coop is proud to participate, for the 40th consecutive year, in this high-profile event. The Salon's theme this year is "Together, the heart of agri-food sector".

La Coop - SAAC Partnership

La Coop, platinum partner with the SAAC for 40 years, is proud to encourage young people and education throughout its activities. Whether at the Salon, at board meetings, or even a mechoui fundraiser, La Coop supports SAAC with human resources, materials and financial support.

Through its brands (Olymel, Unimat, Énergies Sonic and Élite), La Coop provides gas for speaker travel, a construction breakfast for all the hard workers of the SAAC, the materials necessary to set up the structures that replicate the agricultural reality on a farm and in gardens, and provides feed to the livestock on site.

A rest area at the SAAC Salon

During this year's prestigious SAAC Salon, La Coop is offering a rest area for visitors. With the appearance of an indoor park, this rest area allows visitors, volunteers and the students responsible for the Salon to have a moment of relaxation amid the frenzy of this large-scale event, and will be pleasant place for people to meet.

About La Coop fédérée

Founded in 1922, La Coop fédérée is the largest agri-food enterprise in Quebec and ranks amongst the top 100 largest cooperatives and mutual societies in the world, across all sectors. La Coop fédérée represents more than 100,000 members grouped into 102 cooperatives with members in several Canadian provinces. La Coop fédérée is present throughout the agri-food chain and, as well as being a wholesaler, it also provides agricultural producers with all the goods and services necessary for their operations. Its network consists of five brands: Elite and La Coop (livestock and crop production, and grain marketing), Unimat (hardware and farm machinery), Sonic (energy), and Olymel (meat processing). La Coop fédérée employs more than 9,500 people and its sales are now more than $5 billion. www.lacoop.coop and twitter.com/LaCoop_federee

About SAAC

The mission of SAAC is to popularize scientific and technical knowledge for the agri-food and consumer sectors by making information more available to the public. The SAAC is a project by students of the Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation (FSAA) at l'Université Laval in direct collaboration with key stakeholders in the agricultural industry.

You will find on the SAAC site:

Information kiosks
Tastings
Entertainment for children & adults
Animals and plants
Workshops
Local products

La SAAC is without doubt the place to get together for those who wish to learn more about the world of agri-food.

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Ben Marc Diendéré
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Élisabeth Lapointe
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