Thoughts on the Chasse au Sangliers
Today, 15h August, the Chasse au Sangliers begins. For the next six months every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday the Hautes Corbieres will resonate to the barking of dogs hot on the trail of sangliers, wild…
Articles by Pete Shield
A Matter of Scale
Small-scale, agroecological farms attract UK workers, produce high yields of vegetables and deliver multiple environmental and social benefits The A Matter of Scale report, published this month, highlights how a diverse and vibrant sector of…
Fête de l’Enquant Argeliers
Fête de l’Enquant 2017 Argeliers lundi 14 août To celebrate the tenth Fête de l’Enquant Argeliers are organising a local producers market to run alongside the annual wine auction. As it is over the Aude…
l’Hérault fête le bio 2017
l’Hérault fête le bio 7ème édition Dim 17 septembre 2017 PRADES-LE-LEZ • domaine départemental de Restinclières Organisateur : CIVAM Bio 34 Lieu de détente et d’information, cette fête, organisée par le CIVAM Bio de…
Estivale de la bio d’Olargues 21ème édition
Estivale de la bio d’Olargues, 15th August 80 exposants (producteurs, transformateurs, artisans, associations) proposent de découvrir leurs produits : vins, fromages, viandes, miels, confitures, pains, huiles, fruits et légumes … Des exposants présentent aussi des…
Pelargonium Graveolens
Pelargonium Graveolens. It is Tuesday so it must be smelly Geranium day. Well there not really Geraniums at all, rather Pelargoniums. Pelargonium Graveolens to be precise. And boy do they smell. We have built up a…
Macron -No new support for organic agriculture
Despite Macron’s campaign promise to support organic agriculture and the environment, the announcement yesterday of no new support for the organic sector, nor any new investment in small holders or the environment in the 2018…
Summer in the Corbieres- wild fire time
Summer time and the fires are raging. Friday evening, plants are being watered, boxes packed and ready for Saturday’s markets. The water seems to be working again after 10 days of being blocked, a dead…
Maisons Wind Turbines Failed
At a packed municipal meeting on Wednesday the proposed wind turbines project for Maisons was convincingly rejected. A meeting of the council to discuss the wind turbine project was, as usual, open to all and…
Wind Turbines in the Hautes Corbieres
Wind Farms have become rather a hot subject here in the Hautes Corbieres. EDF Energies Nouvelles ; working with a number of local Mayors, are working on a plan to install 30-40 wind turbines on…