DRUMMONDVILLE – The Maple Syrup Producers of Quebec (PPAQ) revealed the extent of their 2024 maple syrup production in a theatrical way during the general meeting, with music and a crescendo of numbers on the giant screen, which, in an explosion of suspense, ultimately resulting in the unprecedented sum of £239 million. But, beyond the … Read more
The issue of pay returned as a common thread during the many peasant demonstrations organized at the beginning of the year. It also conditions the arrival of a new generation ready to take over agriculture in France. A crucial question, knowing that, in ten years, a third of farmers will be of retirement age. However, … Read more
Frédérique Giovanni, on her Bambois goat farm, in Lapoutroie (Haut-Rhin), 26 April 2024. PASCAL BASTIEN FOR “IL MONDO” It is the year 1972: the Bertrand dairy, in Haute-Savoie, is run by three single brothers, and their old father is torn in two by a lifetime of work. We tirelessly mow the meadows by hand to … Read more
Aact simultaneously in favor of the climate, health and the improvement of women’s living conditions. Few reasons unite such ambitions, and what’s more with concrete possibilities of success. This is precisely the case of “clean cooking”, i.e. those techniques that allow you to do without wood to cook food. Currently, 90% of Africans depend on … Read more
Lhe orientation law for agricultural sovereignty and generational turnover in agriculture arrives at the National Assembly. He is proud to train all future workers in agroecological and climate transitions. And for this reason it establishes that agricultural education must adapt its training to occupational needs and skills for transitions. But not a word about organic … Read more
The ecological transition of French agriculture is one of the declared objectives of the bill “Guidelines for agricultural sovereignty and generational renewal”, examined by the National Assembly from Tuesday 14 May. This text, intended to structure agriculture in the coming years, should be one of the only opportunities during the five-year period to discuss the … Read more
Emmanuel Macron made the promise at the opening of the International Agricultural Exhibition on February 24, in response to the protest movement of professionals: agriculture will be recognized as a “great general interest of the French nation”in order to “protect with firmness and solidity”. A principle added when rewriting the bill “on sovereignty in agricultural … Read more
“Out of sight, out of mind”, this seems to be the motto of European diplomacy to perpetuate an industrial model that devastates marine ecosystems and threatens the food sovereignty of the coastal states of the Indian Ocean. At the center of the themes: tropical tuna. To support this key sector of European industrial fishing, the … Read more
Accused of ill will regarding agricultural pensions, the government has taken a decision that should put an end to the controversy. From 1AND January 2026, the pension paid to former company executives will in fact be set according to the legislation “twenty-five better years” of their career, according to the scheduled timetable. As doubts began … Read more
The first asparagus is slowly making its appearance on Quebec farms. After a warm March, followed by a cold April, several producers open their stands this week, less early than expected. “We started harvesting today, but in very small quantities. We only have enough to feed our kiosk. Deliveries have not started yet,” testified producer … Read more