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" It's possible ! »: farmers and deaf people, Laurent and Magali Guérin want to create vocations

2024-02-14T10:01:47.140Z

Highlights: Laurent and Magali Guérin are deaf farmers from Plénée-Jugon (Côtes-d'Armor) They are one of eight farmers who testify in a collection from the Chamber of Agriculture of Brittany. “We are completely capable and independent despite what some hearing people may think, it's possible! » explains Magali in sign language. The couple works hand-in-hand, and communicates in signlanguage. The couple's story is featured in a new book, The Deaf Farmers of Brittany, published by Biteback.


The couple is one of eight farmers who testify in a collection from the Chamber of Agriculture of Brittany to deconstruct the ideas


In the stable, the calves and heifers eat their ration in silence under the gaze of Magali and Laurent Guérin.

Seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., like many breeders, this passionate couple devotes themselves fully to serving their animals and their 112 ha farm in Plénée-Jugon (Côtes-d'Armor). ).

If their motivation is obvious, their handicap is invisible: Magali and Laurent are deaf.

A difference that did not prevent them from doing the job they dreamed of.

“We are completely capable and independent despite what some hearing people may think, it's possible!

» explains Magali in sign language.

After working in a food factory, the Breton woman moved in with her husband in 1996 even though she had no training in the field.

Today, the couple works hand in hand, and communicates in sign language.

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Source: leparis

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