The State of French Agriculture 2020
The Ministry of Agriculture have just released the latest figures on the state of French agriculture 2020. In the last 10 years France has lost just over 100,000 farms, from 490,000 farms in 2010 to…
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French Organic Market 2019 Top line figures
The Agence bio have just released their French Organic Market 2019 report. Top line figures in the French Organic Market 2019 report. Total organic market size 11.9 billion euros, up 1.4 billion euros from 2018….
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,…
Organic in France 2018 Figures
The Agence Bio report on organic production and consumption in France in 2018 has just been published, 4th June. The results are rather astounding. 2018 saw 5,000 new organic farms being set up, or converted…
France, cereal production, pesticides and resignations
France is Europe’s largest cereal producer,it is also Europe’s largest consumer of pesticides. Pesticide use, despite the talk of green alternatives, is on the increase in France.. Around a fifth of all Europe’s cereals are…
Gluten Free in France
Gluten Free in France use to be a real struggle, when we arrived in 1999 finding clearly marked food labeling, let alone gluten free products was difficult. Most largish towns had an organic shop hidden…