In the small village of La Boissière-Ecole (population: 784), 70 miles from the center of Paris, the dairy farm encompasses some 590 acres of farmland and 657 acres of forest.

France is still Europe’s leading producer, accounting for 23% of the E.U.’s agricultural output, and farmland still covers 51% of the country, but French farming faces an uncertain future.

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A vast deposit of rare earth minerals has been identified in Saint-Agnès, a quiet agricultural village in metropolitan France. The find is being hailed as one of the most economically significant ...

This "micro-budget" film about "artisanal cheese making" in rural France could "charm anyone, even the most die-hard cheese hater", said Larushka Ivan-Zadeh in The Times. Set in a "hardscrabble ...

As part of a 2018 sustainable agriculture deal between local authorities, farmers and other users, Water Co-op 79 agreed to reduce pesticide use and plant hedges to boost biodiversity, in return ...

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