This is the story of a couple who wanted to change their lives, and who are in the process of changing the world. When Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer bought an old building in Normandy, surrounded by a vast meadow with a stream running ...See moreThis is the story of a couple who wanted to change their lives, and who are in the process of changing the world. When Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer bought an old building in Normandy, surrounded by a vast meadow with a stream running through it, all they wanted to do was grow a small orchard to live self-sufficiently, and they imported permaculture methods to France. Nineteen years later, the Bec Hellouin farm, flourishing and successful, has become an open-air laboratory that reconciles agriculture and nature. It's almost like being in an eco-museum dedicated to the farming world of yesteryear. And yet, this is perhaps where the agriculture of tomorrow is being prepared. Innovation, research and reflection are at the heart of the work carried out at this site, which has become something of a world reference.
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