Inspiration
Seamen and farmers understand each other well. Both in direct contact with nature and subject to its impetuosity, they know how to remain humble and show resilience. Their life and their work are built on the long term, in rhythm with the seasons and the elements. It is also as a crew or as a family that they cultivate our lands and brave our waters, to bring forth and harvest the products that will fill our plates and stimulate our taste buds.
A few weeks ago, two generations took the time to talk. One experienced and clear-sighted about our present and its imperfections. The other, projected towards the future and already committed to making it more desirable.
Observation
French producers have always faced major challenges, and increasingly so. Directly affected by climate change and the extreme phenomena it generates, the drying up of soils and the loss of biodiversity, they must now, more than ever, reinvent themselves. However, the geographical, cultural and social distance between producers and consumers delays the collective awareness of the efforts made. This disconnection also leads to a disembodiment of agricultural work: the human being and the values associated with him count for little when making a purchase.
That's why at Jybe we want to reaffirm the values of agricultural work:
- Anticipation and long time
- Practical intelligence
- Transversality
- Responsibility
The collaboration that we will engage with the Domaine Tariquet will lead us to illustrate them.
Challenges
The first months of our atypical expedition will lead us to discover the Caribbean and Central America. In these places, we will meet actors committed to an agriculture and food compatible with the planetary limits. We will study their responses to climate change and its consequences: carbon emissions, water management, biodiversity, prices... The practices implemented in the field will certainly be an interesting source of inspiration in France. This is why our work will remain 100% open-source to benefit as many people as possible.
In a few days, we will reveal another partner of Jybe!