Where Women Keep the Farm Running

Early in the morning a thin veil of mist still hangs over the hills of the French département Lot. The limestone landscapes of the Quercy seem almost unreal and silent at this hour. Only somewhere behind the small country lanes a tractor is already humming, and from a barn comes the muffled scraping of hooves on concrete. Exactly there, in the middle of the Causses du Quercy Nature Park, lies the Ferme Notre Dame near Belfort du Quercy. A farm like many others – one might think. But this farm ...