Two years after France passed its law to fight food waste – a world first – the results show very positive effects, largely expressed during the Estates General of Food. A regulation that has proved its effectiveness, particularly with charity organizations, and that will soon spread to other parts of the economy.
The French National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA) undertook a program starting in 2000 to create wine grape varieties possessing sustainable resistance to the main fungal infections that affect grape vines. This project has just led to four new varieties with natural resistance to mildew and ash disease
The French Ministry of Agriculture, along with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Research and the Ministry of the Environment, have launched a policy dialogue on reducing the use of chemical substances in agriculture that pose significant concerns for health. The ministries released a roadmap for the dialogue.
Put on line Jan. 19, the service platform La Forêt Bouge (The Forest Moves) is addressed to owners of private forests in France. A concrete action coming from the National Program of Forests and Wood, this website’s goal is to help owners locate, get to know better, and maintain their forested lands in order to better manage them.
Cantal cheese is one of France’s oldest continually produced cheeses, with its origins in the area around the Cantal département of France (both cheese and département names are derived from the Cantal mountain range), dating back a stunning 2,000 years.
November 16, 2018
French scientists work to unlock the secrets of the enigmatic truffle
An international consortium coordinated by INRA, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, has sequenced and decrypted the genome of se ..
November 16, 2018
French study finds decreased risk of cancers for regular organic food consumers
A decrease of 25% in the risk of cancer was observed in “regular” consumers of organic food products when compared to those who consume them less ofte ..
October 17, 2018
Researchers look into corn yields during climate disruptions
Several simulations predict that climate change will reduce yields, but they are all based on the assumption that the farmers of 2050 will use the sam ..
September 14, 2018
New perspective for improving wheat: the wheat gene sequence is finally completed
The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, in which INRA, the French National Institute of Agricultural Research took a leading role, annou ..
September 14, 2018
France organizes a hackathon around agricultural issues
The digital and agricultural network Acta (the association of agricultural commodities research institutes) organized in partnership with several othe ..
November 16, 2018
France’s overseas territories have enormous biodiversity
According to France’s national inventory of natural heritage, there are 35 times more endemic plants in France’s overseas territories than in mainland ..
October 17, 2018
France passes major new agriculture, food law
The French parliament has approved a new large-scale reform of the country’s agriculture and food policy. The government proposed this law based on id ..
October 17, 2018
Sustainable weeding practices encouraged
Facing the necessary need to increase the sustainability of agriculture, several programs were implemented to encourage an environmental transition wh ..
October 17, 2018
Conservation farming takes center stage at symposium
The French Ministry of Agriculture recently hosted a symposium on conservation farming in order to better understand this method of production. Soil c ..
September 17, 2018
France and California committed to promoting soil health
On the sidelines of the Global Climate action Summit organized in San Francisco on September 13 and 14, the State of California, and in particular the ..
September 14, 2018
France unveils first edition of bioeconomy contest
The French Ministry of Agriculture and Food is organizing its inaugural edition of the event Bioeconomy Trophies. They will reward industry projects t ..
August 15, 2018
France taking steps to limit imported deforestation
The French Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the French ministries of the environment, foreign affairs, the economy, and research and inn ..
August 15, 2018
Food supply chain health safety platform launched
A new French Food Chain Health Monitoring platform was launched at the end of July 2018. Its 14 founding organizational members signed an outline agre ..
July 16, 2018
Detailed plans announced for organic agriculture
At the closing of a meeting on organic agriculture in France, Stéphane Travert, French Minister of Agriculture, unveiled the completed Organic Ambitio ..
June 26, 2018
Soil Health Practices: Common Ground on Experience and Knowledge
Agricultural soils are a strategic resource for states, as they are indispensable in feeding the population, and are thus important for food security. ..
November 16, 2018
World War I and its impact on French agriculture, farmers and rural life
From the 1880s, the market value of land did not stop dropping. During this period, the average price to purchase a hectare of land dropped by a third ..
November 16, 2018
Product of the month: Cider from Brittany
The cider of Brittany is a drink that is truly emblematic of this coastal region of northwest France. It is made from a selective choice of cider appl ..
October 17, 2018
Product of the month: Chaource cheese
In the confines of Champagne and Burgundy regions, Chaource, a cheese benefitting from protected designation of origin status, has cross the centuries ..
September 14, 2018
Product of the month: Alsace Sauerkraut
Alsace Sauerkraut (Choucroute d’Alsace in French) is a traditional sauerkraut dish and a staple of Alsace cuisine, made using a natural cabbage fermen ..
August 15, 2018
Product of the month: Cotentin Cider
On the Cotentin peninsula on the English Channel (in the Normandy region), subject to the most powerful tides in Europe, Cotentin cider carries with i ..
March 16, 2016
Ministry of Agriculture agency releases key facts from 2015
The Directorate General for Food (DGAL), the agency in the French Ministry of Agriculture in charge of food safety and quality, animal and plant healt ..
February 12, 2016
French wine and spirits exports see record year in 2015
French exports of wine and spirits worldwide saw large increases in both volume and value in 2015, and the United States was at the top of the list. T ..
October 14, 2015
French app devoted to stopping food waste hits market
A French start-up has created an app to reduce food waste and help consumers find cheap food. OptiMiam (a play on the words optimum and the French wor ..
May 7, 2015
A Look at French Wine and Spirits Exports in 2014: The United States at the Top
With gross sales reaching €10.8 billion, 2014 was the third best year in the history French wine and spirit exportations despite a 2.8% reduction in b ..
May 6, 2015
An Overview of the French Agrifood Industry in 2014
The French agrifood industry is one of France and Europe’s most important economic sectors, and the French Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood and Fores ..