Apples, nuts, but no bananas. Fans of 100% locally produced food land in Ile-de-France. Possible? "ParisObs" investigated.
Romuald, Fanny and their three children, installed in their wooden house in Ivry-sur-Seine (94), boycott the supermarket. Fi middlemen who spin the producers, tasteless apples from Chile, tomatoes from Spain who have never seen the earth. To fill the family shopping bag, and feed little Arthur healthily, a decision was made to reduce the producer-consumer distance by favoring “short circuits”. Fruit and vegetables are easy. They go through the Amap (Association for the maintenance of peasant agriculture) in the sector, which works with a market gardener based in Provins (77). For meat and dairy products, it was necessary to extend the field of exploration and to contact the Grouping of organic farmers in La Manche, which comes to deliver them every Friday at noon. Eating local, or almost, is therefore possible. And very fashionable. Combining ecological (the famous carbon footprint), economic (the less there are intermediaries, the more the costs are limited) and taste (which says close says costs) considerations, the "locavores" of Ile-de-France are walking in not from their American cousins (www.locavores.com) who refuse to eat food that has traveled more than 100 miles (approximately 160 km).
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At 112 years old, the workers' gardens rediscover colors. Crisis obliges. Created in 1896 by Father Lemire, these plots of 150 to 300 m2 were intended for workers for their production of fruits and vegetables. Today, there are 3 in Ile-de-France, spread over 019 sites, most of them in the suburbs. Renamed allotment gardens in the 66s, they were envious: "We have 50 people waiting," reports Michelle Roncin, Ile-de-France manager at the National Federation of Family and Collective Gardens (FNJFC). The drop in purchasing power has something to do with it. ” With a plot of 3 m500, we can produce the equivalent of 200 Euros of fruit and vegetables per year. All for an annual fee of 2 Euros. Profitable. But under pressure from the land, some sites had to tighten their belts. Like this family garden from the 2th, wedged behind the Place d'Italie, at the bottom of the towers. Created in 000 by Opac, it is only 150 m13. The 2001 families therefore only have 560 m2 each. For the sake of ecology, all are requested to use the compost made with the peelings from the neighborhood. The federation is working on eco-neighborhood projects launched by private groups. Another era.
Laure Gnagbé Blédou
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