“The theory of the boxer”: film debate for the return of the Alimenterre Festival to Montesquiou in the Gers

This Friday, November 8, the Alimenterre Festival returns to Montesquiou for a film-debate evening from 7 p.m. in the town hall reception room. The film “The Boxer Theory” by Nathanaël Coste will open this event.

This documentary delves into the heart of the consequences of climate change on agriculture, highlighting the ordeal of the 2022 drought in the Drôme valley. Farmers, organic and conventional, demonstrate their efforts to adapt, whether in terms of soil management, water storage technologies or agroecological approaches.

The film, by questioning current and future solutions, raises a crucial question: how to build the food resilience of a territory when half of the farms must change hands in the next ten years? Various experts, farmers and researchers provide nuanced, without bias, insight into these major issues which affect both production and civil society.

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After the screening, a round table will lead discussions around “Social Food Security”, a project already under discussion in several territories. This aims to guarantee everyone’s fundamental right to healthy, quality food, while supporting agricultural practices that respect people and the environment. “Food is an eminently political and territorial subject,” recall the organizers, who are campaigning for communities to commit to developing sustainable and accessible solutions.

To conclude the evening, an “organic, local and seasonal” aperitif dinner will be offered, prepared by the associations ABIVIA, We want peasants and Gascogne. This meeting is part of the Alimenterre Festival, coordinated by the CFSI and taking place until November 30.