Farm impossible (The)
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Do you dream of operating a small family farm where you raise 2 cows for their milk, 200 chickens for their eggs and 500 chickens for their meat? Give up your dream! This book is a vibrant plea for the return of family farms.
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Do you dream of operating a small family farm where you raise 2 cows for their milk, 200 chickens for their eggs and 500 chickens for their meat? Give up your dream! This book is a vibrant plea for the return of family farms.
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Do you dream of operating a small family farm where you raise 2 cows for their milk, 200 chickens for their eggs and 500 chickens for their meat? Give up your dream! In Quebec, the laws that govern the production and marketing of agricultural products (joint plans, quotas, sales agencies, etc.) are all obstacles to starting such a business.
Dance The Impossible Farm, a book that delves deeper into the eponymous conference he gave across the four corners of Quebec, Dominic Lamontagne testifies to the difficulties experienced by all those who want to practice artisanal, transformative and resilient agriculture. Taking up the conclusions of the Pronovost report, he vehemently denounces the legislation and industrial structures which are literally stifling the next generation of farmers. In his line of sight? The Quebec state and the union monopoly of the Union of Agricultural Producers (UPA).
“Our ancestral freedoms have been taken by the throat by a devastating tandem, that of the State which has renounced its role as legislator in favor of a single union which lays down the rules for all. […] That large producers have taken over the quasi-exclusivity of supplying supermarkets, thanks to a union monopoly, is already questionable. But for this system to be a major obstacle to the free operation of a multifunctional farm is downright unacceptable. […] The rage that I feel, every time I talk about this reality, is more acute today than ever. »
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This book is a vibrant plea for the return of family farms, local gastronomy and a dynamic reoccupation of the territory, inseparable from the social fabric. It is time to give back to Quebecers the possibility of practicing agriculture on a human scale, respectful of the environment, and the freedom to eat the foods of their choice.
Preface by Joel Salatin
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Author: Dominique Lamontagne
Editions: Écosociété (Montreal)
Publication: 2015
Pages: 126
ISBN-978 2-89719-8
Further information
| Weight | 0.182 kg |
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| Size | 22x14.5x1 cm |
