France's small-scale organic farmers celebrate 10 years of boxing clever

Guardian: Vivien Lamouret, 30-ish, is only too happy to explain his work as a market-gardener. Based at Mareil-sur-Mauldre, a village 40km west of Paris, he sells all the organic vegetables he grows direct to consumers, thanks to the system invented by the Associations for the Preservation of Peasant Farming (Amap). By joining an Amap, consumers deal directly with growers, committing themselves several months ahead of the harvest to buy a selection of fruit and vegetables from a particular farmer. Lamouret...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/10/france-farming-organic-vegetable-boxes
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/6/1333720084863/france-fruit-vegetable-006.jpg