France’s neo-rurals
In France, becoming a farmer, a job that was belittled for such a long time, has started to charm, and to transform itself, with the arrival of new economical models, moving towards a certain agriculture, that commits to ecology and gastronomy.
In 2025 more than half of the farmers in activity today will be retired, and only few desire to teach the job to their sons and daughters.
On the other hand, the French Ministry of Agricolture declared that within three years one out of three agricultural companies will be held by a person who doesn’t descend from the rural world.
Here’s a look at how things are changing.