Foire Plantes et Nature Prades
Foire Plantes et Nature de Printemps, Prades Dimanche 16 Avril Foirail (près de la gare des bus) pour l’itinéraire, suivez la main verte 9h-17h, entrée libre. Prades is time for our first Spring plant festival…
Fete des Plantes Fontroide
14ÈME FÊTE DES PLANTES…ET DU MASSIF SAMEDI 6 – DIMANCHE 7 & LUNDI 8 MAI 2017 14ème édition de la Fête … Plus de 50 exposants ! Le grand rassemblement ‘jardin’ de printemps du Sud…
Foire Plantes et Nature Prades
The Foire Plantes et Nature de Printemps in Prades is on Sunday 17th April, from 9am to 5pm This lovely little plant and environment festival marks the beginning of our season. It is a…
French Organic Market 2016
The French organic retail market has passed the 7 billion euro mark in 2016, according to the annual Agence bio, a clear 20% growth year on year compared to 2015. The annual Baromètre Agence BIO…
The decline of Maisons and the Hautes Corbieres
The economic decline of the Maisons and the Hautes Corbieres has been in progress for over a hundred and fifty years, the final nail in the traditional rural economy was the post War industrial boom,…
Bears in the Ariège Pyrenees
Bears in the Ariege Pyrenees is an interesting, and balanced, history of the reintroduction of wild brown bears into the Haut Pyrenees by author Julia Stagg.It is well worth a read. My own thoughts on…
‘New Scientist’ Misinterprets Organic
In a recent article for New Scientist, Michael Le Page is wrong to tell people not to eat organic if they care about the planet. He misreads the evidence, which shows organic farming is generally…
Soil degradation as big a threat to humanity as climate change
A new report published today by the Sustainable Food Trust to mark World Soil Day, explains why soil degradation is increasing and calls for it to be recognised alongside climate change, as one of the…
Post Brexit Agricultural Subsidies
The post Brexit vote represents a golden opportunity to rethink the way that British agriculture is subsidised, in deed whether it should be subsidised at at all. The prevailing wind however seems to be business…
Les Néo Paysants
Les Néo Paysants, Gaspard d’Allens and Lucile Leclair Edition Seuil with Reporterre https://reporterre.net/ French agriculture is in plain crisis. The idyllic countryside so beloved by tourists and the French imagination is in most cases…