{"id":12851,"date":"2024-06-13T15:21:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2024-06-26T18:08:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:08:15","slug":"how-the-popularity-of-vegetarians-changes-the-foie-gras-market-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/12851\/how-the-popularity-of-vegetarians-changes-the-foie-gras-market-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"How the popularity of vegetarians changes the Foie Gras market in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n[aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#ffffff” text=”#000000″ align=”left” size=”2″ quote=”"The most dangerous idea in any society is to think: "We have always done it this way"” cite=”Hila Tal, Food Technology student” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”inplace”]\n

The authentic French dish that consists of fatty livers of ducks or geese, also known as Foie Gras. It does not sound very tasty when you describe it like that, does it? That is exactly what vegetarians and many other people think, “animal suffering”, “inhumane” and so on. So for this group of people, it is not surprising that the Foie Gras consumption overall has gone from 302.6 grams to 170.18 grams per person per year in 11 years. But what about the French themselves, who really see this as their luxury product and cannot imagine a world without this dish at all? Will the popularity of being vegetarian influence this in the end?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2024\/06\/Schermafbeelding-2024-06-13-om-15.17.21.png” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

While the sun tries to break through the morning thaw, farmer Sylvain is already on his tractor, driving on the land of the 57-year-old farm in P\u00e9rigord: la Ferme de Turnac. While some ducks are running across a field on the left, he drives towards the walnut trees on the right, encountering another field of geese along the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”12866″ revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

The audio below talks more about how the Foie Gras is made at la Ferme de Turnac. Farmer Sylvain also reveals his opinion of the impact of vegetarians on Foie Gras in France. Will they, according to him, have any impact at all?<\/p>\n