Day: March 22, 2020

French lentils, quality lentils

March 22, 2020

Shunned in recent years, this legume is becoming fashionable again in diets with a vegetarian tendency. If, throughout the world, blond and coral lentils are the most consumed, in France, we prefer green lentils from Puy or Berry which are experiencing a real craze.  An antique dish! The lentil was domesticated by the first farmers at […]

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Drought and Agriculture: how can we adapt plants to lack of water?

March 22, 2020

Climate change is a reality that affects the yield of all crops in temperate zones, Rethinking agricultural practices Farmers have already changed the planting dates, with earlier planting in all field crops. This is a risk in case of late frost, but it allows for example wheat harvests before the droughts of early summer, while reducing […]

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