Beaune : une appellation largement sous-estimée
Posted by Armand Heitz on- Tags: terroir, vigne & vin, voyage
Pommard: A Jewel of Burgundy
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Santa Claus is not trash
Posted by Armand Heitz on- Tags: agronomie, élevage, patrimoine, terroir, vigne & vin
A city dweller in the countryside
Posted by Armand Heitz onWhat is a farmer to a city dweller? What is a city dweller? What is a countryman? While the media praise a return to local, particularly driven by confinements, have the changes been maintained and do they constitute a real trend?
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- Tags: nature, patrimoine, terroir
Local beer: marketing myth or future necessity?
Posted by Armand Heitz onBeer is a product that the average consumer is today unable to assimilate to the terroir in France. However, our country has always been a massive producer of beer and its raw materials. So how could beer be so far removed from the notion of terroir? What can a local beer be today?
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Animal welfare? my ass is chicken
Posted by Armand Heitz onAt the moment, it is rare to go a day without hearing about the following fashions: reducing our consumption of meat, veganism, food sovereignty, animal welfare, Brigitte Bardot, fake meat…. Do these modes have a real impact on the animals or is it a way to attract the spotlight and make money in the process?
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Why did I become a breeder?
Posted by Armand Heitz onIn 2017, I realized that a wine estate, even covered with all the labels, is neither autonomous nor sustainable. This is how I wanted to diversify my activity with breeding in order to move towards a more virtuous agronomic model. With this farm project, I very quickly realized that the agronomic issues of the meat sector were the same as those of the wine sector. This is how I became a cattle and sheep farmer.
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The power of plants
Posted by Armand Heitz onMore and more diseases are appearing, and human beings are less and less resistant to these viruses. We are living longer and longer, but not necessarily in good conditions. What if plants and their virtues could help us combat these problems?
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- Tags: nature, permaculture, terroir
The land is dead. Long live the land!
Posted by Armand Heitz onA local product is a product that bears witness to the agronomic, climatic and cultural heritage of a region. What is fantastic with a local product is that the neighboring plot will have a different product because it does not have the same soil or the same cultivation methods. It is this diversity that will make a territory rich and resilient.
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- Tags: agronomie, bourgogne, terroir, vigne & vin