Train, support, spread
growing agriculture from the ground up
Who we are
Cultive is a committed team whose ambition is to demonstrate that it is possible, as a market gardener, to make a good living from your profession, fulfilled and respectful of the living world, in order to inspire and arouse the vocations that will make up tomorrow's next generation of farmers.
The method
Inspired by agroecology and bio-intensive farming, the Cultive method offers triple performance: economic, ecological & social.
Career path
Designed to support project leaders at every stage, this unique program integrates training, experience, installation and production.
The network
Convinced that to succeed, the agroecological transition must be a collective adventure, Cultive federates a network of players committed to the agriculture of tomorrow.
The Cultive campus farm
Located 30 minutes south of Nantes, the Cultive campus pilot farm is designed as a productive, educational and experimental farm.
Since January 2025, it has been home to the 1st graduating class.
Since January 2025, it has been home to the 1st graduating class.
Practical experience at the heart of learning
Take part in a full season of market gardening to get an overall view of the profession and the Cultive method, as well as testing your body in the field. 8 months of immersion that enable learners to experience all the different aspects of market gardening.
Video report
- Article - Video
- 28/10/2025
Graduates of Staps, Sciences Po Lille or a biology engineer, these city dwellers are retraining with their boots on for a full year. Campus Cultive, a veritable university in the fields, prepares tomorrow's market gardeners from A to Z.
Ouest France
- Article - Video
- 20/09/2025
Based in Montaigu, in the Vendée region, Cultive Farm offers training in intensive organic market gardening, a method developed in Quebec that is attracting young people with no farming background. Little mechanized, this form of agriculture produces several dozen vegetables on small surfaces, a profitable model that also preserves the quality of life of the market gardeners.
France 3 Pays de la Loire
- Article
- 05/09/2025
Cultive, a company with a mission dedicated to the agroecological transition, provides training in small-scale market gardening, with the ultimate aim of creating half a thousand "viable, sustainable and humane" farms. An update from co-founder Baptiste Saulnier.
Ouest France
- Article - Radio
- 05/09/2025
In Montaigu-Vendée, an educational farming couple has launched a farm school. The farm already sells its produce, and at the same time trains young people who want to work in market gardening. At the start of the new school year in September 205, five students are on sandwich courses.
ICI - Pays de la Loire
- Article
- 03/09/2025
In the heart of the Vendée bocage, in Montaigu, a couple of agro-educators have launched Cultive, a demanding and inspiring training center. Their ambition: to pass on the knowledge, skills and tools needed to grow viable and nourishing bio-intensive farms.
We tomorrow
- Article
- 24/07/2025
Vendée-based Cultive raises €1.8 million to help future market gardeners set up in business!
Le Journal des Entreprises