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Why are Dutch and Belgian Farmers choosing France?
At our New Year’s drinks party at the local Mairie (Town Hall) in rural Normandy, our regional MP dared speak up about French attitudes during this period of the longest strikes France has ever seen. She said we are getting a reputation as a nation …
Lubrizol. deadly explosion in Rouen
The fall-out from the spectacular explosion of the chemical factory Lubrizol near Rouen on 26th September not only nearly asphyxiated local inhabitants with clouds of soot swirling in the air, it has also infiltrated the soil a...
Agricultural Land Prices: France and Europe 2019
http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=apri_lprc&lang=en
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Notre Dame de Paris
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Photo Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA[/caption]
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News & features
My kilometre: the hidden riches of a small patch
Taking advantage of our one kilometre/one hour rule here in France, here is what nature is doing this Spring week in my kilometre. How about checking out your perimetre in your neighbourhood, on your jog, on your walk, or even from your window?
In c…
Isolated but on your marks: join the bird census!
Amateurs d’oiseaux et de la faune, allons-y pour positiver nos vies actuelles en participant au recensement de ces espèces qui visitent votre jardin ou l’arbre ou l’espace vert qui serait tout près de votre domicile. L’heure est à eux en ce...
Why are Dutch and Belgian Farmers choosing France?
At our New Year’s drinks party at the local Mairie (Town Hall) in rural Normandy, our regional MP dared speak up about French attitudes during this period of the longest strikes France has ever seen. She said we are getting a reputation as a nation ...
Good conditions for setting up Anaerobic Digesters in Normandy
Conditions at present are good to set up anaerobic digesters in Normandy: subsidies for connecting to networks are now available, contract rates are favourable and you can benefit from help from farmers who pioneered the first installations at a mee...
Fiction
Train
[multilanguage_switcher]The short story entitled Le Train which you can read on the...
Arctic Shaman's Seance
The snow fell quietly, covering the settlement in a thick white blanket. The shaman had told Okwana she’d recognize the singing hut by the large narwhal ivory which jutted up out of the roof; it whistled when the wind raced over the ice, he’d said. ...
