Saint-Gildas-des-Bois:
Signs at the edges of the access road “Not to the prisoners.” now disappear under the tall grass. It is a sign that the tension with some residents has eased. That morning, in the heat of the Madeleine farm’s greenhouses, six workers quietly picked vegetables under the direction of the head of agriculture. Three are detainees living on the spot, three are insecure people in integration who come for the day. We meet five volunteers who help in the fields or in the kitchen. Without forgetting a couple of Ukrainian refugees who were hosted for some time. This huge renovated farm opened last September. Around 40 hectares of bocaj, in Saint-Guildas-de-Boise (Loire-Atlantica), between Nantes and Van.
“I am often taken for a former prisoner.”smiles Pierre-Olivier, co-director of the Sources d’Envol Association, a member of the Emmaüs movement, which leads: “This wonderful roommate, but much more constrained.” Three…
Source: Le Figaro
