Pascal Deshayes, President of the Coordination Rurale de Meurthe-et-Moselle, explains the reasons behind French farmers’ bloodbath: drought, floods, crop failures, epizootic diseases, unfair competition from foreign producers, and insane middlemen’s margins. “60% of farms have no cash flow”, he says. Interview.
A very interesting survey of bread and bakeries by UFC Que-Choisir in Nancy and the surrounding area. Curiously, there are no regulations on the weight and price of baguettes.
Just a few days before the Paris Agricultural Show (February 24 to March 3, 2024), French farmers are threatening further action. Their colleagues in several European countries are also at war with Brussels.
Violent confrontations opposed demonstrators and police forces this Saturday afternoon. The toll is heavy: 24 gendarmes were injured as well as about thirty opponents to the highly contested mega-pond project. Several vehicles were set on fire.
In July 2022, Ukraine and Russia signed an agreement in Istanbul on grain exports to avoid food shortages. But the latest UN communiqué is disputed by Russia. Explanations.
In 2021, the volume of world wine production is expected to be extremely low, at a level similar to that of 2017. France ranks third behind Italy and Spain.
The entire territory of Metropolitan France has been placed at “high” risk due to the rapid progression of the avian influenza virus in Europe.
ONE, the NGO fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease, has enlisted artists from around the world to play the characters in Pandemica, an animated mini-series that exposes inequities in access to Covid-19 vaccines.
The Maison des Têtes in Colmar is the first innovative restaurant that concentrates unique technological solutions in the world around 5 areas of prevention.
For several weeks now, outbreaks of avian influenza (H5N8) have been detected on farms in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, but also in wildlife in Poland.
