These fruits of yesteryear that we will bite tomorrow

This article is from Figaro Magazine

An enchanting landscape, a biodiversity reserve. Since 1979, the island of Porquerolles has been home to the national collections of fig, olive and mulberry trees, rich in nearly a thousand varieties. Old and hardy varieties, less and less cultivated, sometimes forgotten in favor of others with more profitable commercial development. "A fire and everything can go up in smoke. The same goes for other sites in southern France that are home to the last specimens of forgotten varieties," says Claire Mignet, 45, who worked for Port-Cros and Porquerolles National Park for six years. The more varieties we have, the more likely we are to find varieties that adapt to more frequent periods of drought, climate change, that are more resistant to new diseases, pests."

Ancestral secrets

Five years ago, she left her position at the National Park to devote herself to the association she founded with...

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