FESTIVAL ALIMENTERRE – ÊTRE(S) VIVANTS

By recognising the interdependence and similarities between agricultural and food issues around the world, citizens can take action to promote sustainable and inclusive food systems and contribute to the right to food both here and elsewhere.

“Living Beings: Questioning Our Connections” – this film explores the reflections of a group of livestock farmers and shepherds who practise their trade with conviction but feel a sense of unease, as if they had a stone in their shoe. The protagonists have exchanged views amongst themselves, with other livestock farmers and with other professionals, supported by Civam Empreinte.

Why pursue this often little-understood, sometimes disparaged profession, which involves actions far from trivial as they deal with life, death and the physical condition of animals? How can they meet society’s sometimes contradictory expectations: preserving landscapes, ensuring animal welfare and product quality, and complying with numerous regulations? And how can they fulfil their own expectations, their vision of their profession, their lives and their place in the world?

Screening followed by a discussion with Ulysse GUYOT, ethnologist and writer.