Patrick Magisson, the mayor of Montzéville, seemed almost intimidated in his inaugural speech. “I’m surprised to see so many people.” It must be said that nearly 400 people converging together in his town, with more than half the number of inhabitants on a daily basis, is astonishing.
Long before the first notes of Thibaut Sibella and The Graveyard Shift, the harvest of Meuse burgers concocted by the Young Farmers had set the tone for the evening. Before them, nearly 60 nursery and primary school students from the RPI of Sivry-la-Perche had spent the day on the farm, in two farms with animals, the birth of a calf, the baptism of a tractor and discoveries of all kinds. Some even played extra time by convincing their parents to come in the evening. To the great pride of their host.
Transmission et échanges
“The first objective of a farmer, for me, is transmission,” he says. “We have to do positive agriculture.”
Nicolas Pérotin, president of the Chamber of Agriculture and thanking Europe as well as the Avril group for financing the project, also pleads for dialogue. “The idea is to make the agricultural world communicate with its fellow citizens. In the discussion, the exchanges, we will be much better off.”
The next meeting is in Merles-sur-Loison, at the Terres de bon sens farm, Friday June 5 from 6 p.m. While waiting for this Friday, with the sunny barometer and a warm evening, culture has indeed taken over the fields.
