Without Water, Nothing Grows Anymore

Summer is not being kind to French agriculture. No sooner has one heatwave passed than the next is already on the way. Temperatures above 35 degrees, parched soils and absent rainfall shape everyday life in many places. For winegrowers, vegetable farmers and fruit growers, this has long ceased to feel like an exception. It is the new reality - and it is demanding everything from farms. "Without water, we cannot grow anything." This sentence is now heard on many farms. It sounds simple, but it describes the situation more accurately ...