It was in the garden of his father, Michel, 90 and a half years old, that the Boutin family, in Ploubazlanec (Côtes-d'Armor), wanted to pose for the photo.
A plow now serves as a support for flower planters. In the 1950s, it was a work tool used by Michel. “We still had horses to pull it! “, he remembers.
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He got his first two mechanical tractors in the early 1960s. “The second arrived on the day Alain, my son, was born! “, he exclaims. The latter, now aged 62, took over the farm in 1984. He grows 2,000 tonnes of tomatoes per year, in greenhouses. Six meters high, the glass structures contrast with the traditional tool placed a few meters away. They bear witness to the evolution of the profession over half a century.
Glass greenhouses since the 1987 storm
The whole family went, Saturday evening, to the 50th anniversary of Maraîchers d'Armor, in Paimpol (Côtes-d'Armor). Agricultural cooperation brings together 450 producers from Trégor and Goëlo, including the Boutin family. They all sell their produce…
