Peach orchard

"In addition to suffering from competition from southern Europe, we do not know how to treat the sharka virus, which affects our peach and apricot trees. Thousands of hectares of orchard have already been felled around Valence. In a few years time, there will be no tree-fruit crop left in this region. We have re-orientated towards high-quality free-range poultry, which we raise with our own grain."

Françoise and Bruno Urbai, farmers, Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, Drôme, France

in " Planting patterns ", p. 51