Red carpet for Marie-Pierre Hory last week, and especially for the project she defends, an artisanal, organic, collective and anti-waste cannery which will open in Bou, in the Orléans metropolitan area.
Selected during the “101 women entrepreneurs” competition, the young woman was received in Matignon on March 8 by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Ministers Aurore Bergé and Olivia Grégoire, during a ceremony organized to reward the winners.
At 34, this teacher-researcher, who holds a thesis in economics, turned her back on her first job to engage in this cannery project, based on the use of surplus and unsold goods purchased from organic producers.
“I had both feet in the farming environment and a passion for cooking.
I wanted to combine the two, while allowing farmers to generate additional income,” explains the young woman, who lives in Férolles.
80,000 jars per year
To convince, she founded an association bringing together producers, “eaters” and communities and tested her concept with nine recipes, tomato sauce, spreads, soups, etc.
In a few months, the 3,000 jars that she produced under the “Bocaux des champs” brand sold very well.
His project, which should result in the creation of a cooperative society of collective interest (SCIC), has attracted the small rural town of Bou, 1,000 inhabitants, also involved in the fight against food waste and the promotion of organic.
The municipality has decided to build a building which it will rent to the cannery.
“This is the result of three years of work, and we hope that it will be an asset to encourage young people to take over the land of farmers who are going to retire,” rejoices the environmentalist mayor Bruno Cœur.
The real estate project costs 70,000 euros.
It is 80% financed by public subsidies, the rest being covered by the municipality, and the opening should take place by the fall.
The canned goods - 80,000 jars per year - will then be sold by specialized grocery stores, directly from the producers or in collective catering, and the objective is to create three jobs.