Do we have Vegetables? You bet!

From subsistence to specialization: warm frames installed in a farm field, Sainte-Dorothée, circa. 1940
Reference: Centre d’archives de Laval, P88/009, Fonds Famille Pesant-Labrosse
If there’s one economic activity that has been transformed over the years, it’s agriculture. Laval farms have gone from subsistence to specialization in large-scale farming. In order to maximize yields, farmers install warm frames in the fields to extend the vegetable growing season a few extra weeks.