Download this page in PDF format14 October 2013
National news
- We invite you to discover this week’s video on our YouTube channel :
Ms Even and Mr Daniel, pig farmers in Brittany, introduce their environmental practices and their methanisation unit: Watch video
- Mr Benoit Collard, a FARRE farmer in Champagne-Ardenne, is invited to participate to a symposium on “Agroecology and research”, organized by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research on 17 October 2013. INRA collected more than 150 scientists’ participations to prepare this symposium: you can have an overview (in English) here : http://www.inra.fr/en/Scientists-Students/Agroecology/All-reports/Agroecology-at-INRA-mobilising-research
- Mr Gilles Maréchal, Director of FARRE, and Mr Mickaël Jacquemin, a FARRE farmer in Eastern France, will lead an IFOCAP (farmers training institute) training on the subject of environmental regulations and their consequences, held on 21 October 2013.
- Mr Philippe Collin, a FARRE farmer in Easter France, will give a speech at the General Assembly of France Conseil Elevage on 20 November and at Supagro Dijon on 28 November to explain his global approach of on-farm sustainability.
Local news
- FARRE Meuse has now a running and independent website : check it here
- Open House Day at Ms. And Mr Francart’s farm on 20 October : programme here
Members
- FARRE, together with UNIFA and AXEMA, organize a symposium on “Nitrogen fertilization : how to reconcile performance and sustainability ?” on 22 October in Paris.
Miscellaneous
- The French National Commission for Environmental Certification announced on 9 October the end of the certification “Agriculture raisonnée” and the creation of a logo for the level 3 of the environmental certification (HVE : High Environmental Value). So far, only 70 farms have undertaken level 3 of the certification. Read the press review (French)