Going shopping in coronavirus France
Going shopping in coronavirus France is about as much fun as boiling your feet. But that is what I did this morning, food has to be bought, and petrol for the generator. I have never…
Learning to live with the Coronavirus lock down in France
Well we are reaching the end of the first week of the coronavirus lock down here in France. Some aspects of life have radically changed, other parts continue as usual;. Spring is on it’s way,…
February Heat wave and a voyage through the plant world
Well today we really profited from the unusual February heatwave, 25c on the 3rd of February, a tad unusual. Working out side in a T shirt I had a little trip round the Mediterranean basis…
The failing industrialisation of French Pig Farming
The French pig farming sector has undergone a massive transformation since the end of the Second World War. Pig farming has moved from its forest based pastural roots, through dirt yard production to a specialised…
Fete de l’Arbre 2019 Carcassonne
The now annual Fete de l’Arbre organised by Nature et Progres Aude and the Arbres et Paysages 11 association is taking place this Sunday, 1st December. This year it has moved from Lagrasse to the…
GlouGlou- Natural Wine Salon in the Hautes Corbieres
GlouGlou- the Natural Wine Salon in the Hautes Corbieres is throwing it’s second festival on Saturday 14th December and Sunday 15th December between 14,00hr and 19.00hr Chez Lola, 3, rue de l’egalite, 11360 Durban Corbieres….
Lezignan Corbieres’s new market one season in.
As our market season in Lezignan Corbieres new market place draws to a slow end I thought I would try and put down my thoughts on how it is all panning out. For the back…
Origins of Organic Agriculture 3.0
Organic Agriculture 3.0 is the term coined by IFOAM, the international federation of organic agriculture movements, to describe the next stage of the development of organic agriculture. Personally I am not too find of it…
Caroline Coles being interviewed by Alice Roy on RCF Radio
Our wonderful Caroline Coles in full market mode in the Narbonne organic market.
L’Aude a la Bio Couiza 3rd and 4th August
L’Aude a la Bio is Nature et Progres Aude annual organic festival,held on the banks of the river Aude in the park at Couiza on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of August. This…