IF you have an interest in how the chestnut industry in the region operates, head over to Mazyrolles at the end of the month to... Read more →
Branching out in a new direction at the Castagné wood yard
NOT too long ago you would have often seen small wood yards when driving through the Dordogne, turning chestnut and oak trees from nearby forests... Read more →
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Reaching out to develop and value the production of bio chestnuts
Yves Amiguet, third from right, explains the grafting process A recruitment drive is underway to increase the number of producers of bio chestnuts in the... Read more →
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Learn more about the chestnut trade in the Dordogne
FANCY a change in direction, or a completely different type of job, then why not learn a little more about being a chestnut producer? A... Read more →
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Dark Ages for French metal working
TANG tang tang, tang tang tang, tang ting. Georges Erdos is at the forge heat-treating a piece of metal. Tang, tang, tang, walloping it with... Read more →
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So you want to offer yurt holidays in France?
FOR Alex and Clare Crowe a move to France with their two young children was encapsulated in the phrase the Big Green Idea. The idea... Read more →
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A virtual year in Poitou-Charentes
IT is a year to the day that Jo Harrison left the UK to live in France, moving closer to her mother and her French... Read more →
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Reflections on leaving France
A RECENT news story that made the headlines in France featured three Frenchmen urging young people to head overseas to find work and experience life.... Read more →
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Find summer work on French vineyards and orchards
ARE you looking to earn a few euros, or maybe just keen to experience a different side of French life, well how about a job... Read more →
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The last tobacco harvest
JUST around the corner here in Loubejac the Pomès family are busy in the fields, with the help of their friends, collecting the tobacco plants.... Read more →
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