2023
With an average age of 53 among farmers in Quebec, family farms are under pressure to either sell or expand.
On Rang 5 in St-Louis-de-Gonzague, while neighbors abandon dairy production, two brothers and their three sons, partners in the Montcalm farm, are investing $3 million in a state-of-the-art barn and cutting-edge robots. This debt will weigh heavily on them for years to come. But they see no other option if they want the next generation to continue the work started by their elders over 100 years ago.
Family Farm offers a human portrait of dairy production, the transfer of a family business between generations, the impact of modern values on rural life, and the uncertain future of this facet of our cultural identity.
2023
With an average age of 53 among farmers in Quebec, family farms are under pressure to either sell or expand.
On Rang 5 in St-Louis-de-Gonzague, while neighbors abandon dairy production, two brothers and their three sons, partners in the Montcalm farm, are investing $3 million in a state-of-the-art barn and cutting-edge robots. This debt will weigh heavily on them for years to come. But they see no other option if they want the next generation to continue the work started by their elders over 100 years ago.
Family Farm offers a human portrait of dairy production, the transfer of a family business between generations, the impact of modern values on rural life, and the uncertain future of this facet of our cultural identity.
