Cross Visit Ruminant France
Support & advice for mixed arable livestock organic farms facing climate change
Auxerre, France
21-23 September 2025
An historic organic dairy farm of 56 years old, 2 sisters with cows and dairy ewes, a vineyard that introduces sheep, and advisors: how to work together facing climate change ?
Yonne is a French historical land for organic crops. It is also an ideal place for mixed crop-livestock farms. After facing severe drought and climate change, farms have improved their system for feed & protein autonomy as well as their production of renewable energy. During this cross visit, we will work on:
- Supporting change: a new way for advising
- Autonomy of farms (feed, energy & protein)
- Role of the advisor to support emerging enterprises (dairy sheep, cultures)
- Transformation of dairy production
- Recovery of production waste for quality fodder production: another vision of biogas
- Sheep farming and organic viticulture: a win-win association
Program
Contact information
For any additional information, please contact:
- Marianne Roisin: m.roisin@yonne.chambagri.fr
- Marianne Ranque: m.ranque@yonne.chambagri.fr
Requirements
Participation to the entire cross visit program. There is no possibility to arrive later or leaveearlier, except for local participants.Day 1: possibility to pick you up at Laroche-Migennes station around 1 p.m.Day 3: possibility of dropping you off around 2 p.m. at Montbard station for departure forTech&bio (Valence) or Paris
Participants
Agricultural advisor supporting organic farmers or famers in conversion as well as, advisorsor young graduates willing to gain competences in organic advice are welcome to join thiscross visit.Maximum 15 participants.
Travel costs
In case you do not have budget to cover your travel costs, the project advisory partner in your respective country can reimburse part of your travel costs. Eligible countries for cost reimbursement are FR, DE, IT, BG, EE, DK, AT, CH, HU, ES,PT, HR, RO, IE, NL, SE, FI, CZ, PL, GR, SI, RS.
Eligible costs for reimbursement are transport (train, flight), accommodation (2-3nights), social lunch and dinners, up to a limit of 400-800 EUR/participant.
Once your participation to the cross visit is confirmed, you will receive more detailed information by the advisory project partner in your country about the conditions for cost reimbursement.
Costs during the Cross Visit are estimated to 350 EUR including for breakfasts, social lunch& dinner & activity as well as the accommodation for 2 nights. This estimation does not include the food and transport expenses to reach Auxerre.
Hotel booking
Campanile Avallon 134 euros the single bedroom, breakfast included for two nights
