La Nouvelle République today has
a report on the
poulets fermiers of Orléans. 160 farmers belong to the Orléans chicken farmers' organisation (la Coopérative agricole des fermiers de l'Orléanais). Of a total annual production of 4.3 million chickens – 90% have the label rouge. 36% of the production is in Loir et Cher, with 4% each in Indre-et-Loire and the Cher. In 2007 the organisation was asked to look after the production of the famous Géline de Touraine, the Loire’s finest chicken and on a par with a Poulet de Bresse.
Further information about the Géline and its rescue from extinction can be found
here.
Carnival 2007: The Epeigné-les-Bois float
There is also
a report on the forthcoming carnival at Blére – Sunday 29th March with a parade starting at 3pm. This is a bi-annual event that involves all the communes around Bléré including Epeigné-les-Bois, Francueil and Luzillé. The previous edition was on 1st April 2007 and certainly worth going to see.
There is now a
carnival blog.
2 comments:
Good news about the Géline. I had not heard about this development. The last I heard the producers had dropped Label Rouge certification because they didn't feel they could justify the cost, although they remained serious about preserving the breed and there are a number of strong supporters in the restaurant biz eg the * Jacky Dallais from La Promenade in le Petit Pressigny.
La Promenade – great restaurant with a marvelous wine list!
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