Eat local
Wherever you shop, be obsessed with where the products come from.
At the supermarket, look for “French origin” labels.
On market stalls, give preference to producers rather than resellers.
And as soon as possible, turn to stores that offer products direct from the farm.
There are now many brands, even in town: in Paris, the stores Au bout du champ (about twenty points of sale) or Champs libres (three points of sale);
in Lyon, Rue des producteurs (three addresses)… And why not move your company restaurant or your children's canteen to encourage them to buy from local producers?
Subscribe to a farmer's basket
More restrictive for the customer, the principle of the farmer's basket is also more interesting for the producer: thanks to a subscription, it provides them with regular income.
An Amap (Association for the maintenance of peasant agriculture) brings together customers and producers who agree on the content and price of a weekly basket of vegetables and fruit.
You subscribe (often for six months) and, every week, you pick up your basket filled with what the producers have taken out of their fields.
Surprise !
network-amap.org
finance land
To concretely help farmers to settle, the key player is Terre de liens.
This structure accompanies project promoters and helps them find land, which it buys itself.
Terre de liens only supports agricultural practices that respect the soil and the environment.
We can support them by investing savings or making donations.
terredeliens.org
Engage in cooperative store
One of the first of its kind, La Louve, opened in the 18th arrondissement of Paris in 2017. Since then, the concept has spread throughout France (La Cagette in Montpellier, La Chouette Coop in Toulouse, Otsokop in Bayonne, Scopeli in Nantes, Supercoop in Bordeaux, SuperQuinquin in Lille, etc.).
A cooperative store is a store that belongs to its customers: you buy shares in order to participate, and you give a few hours of your time to run the cash register or put away the shelves (usually half a day per month).
A self-management model that allows reasonable prices to be charged, while better remunerating producers.
Smart.
Read alsoShould you really reduce your meat consumption?
Help out on the farm
Do you know
wwoofing?
This consists of spending a few days or weeks on a farm.
Housed and fed, the wwoofers put their hands in the dough in exchange.
The opportunity for them to discover the daily life of a farm... and the opportunity for the farmers to have a free hand!
An idea of useful and exotic holidays.
wwoof.fr