Our national French non-profit organisation Les Croqueurs de pommes aimed at safeguarding heritage fruit varieties met from 13 to 14 April 2024.
News: Croqueurs de pommes
Reply
Tag Archives: France-Other
News: Croqueurs de pommes
Quelques mots sur la rencontre de l’association nationale des Croqueurs de pommes des 13 et 14 avril 2024.
Eating apples
I was asked to write a short article on ways of using fruit harvested from orchards. I hope this summary will inspire a desire to plant more fruit trees in our towns and villages.
Manger les pommes
On m’a proposé d’écrire un article de 2000 signes sur l’après-récolte des fruits du verger. Un bon exercice de synthèse qui j’espère contribuera à donner envie de planter des arbres fruitiers dans nos villes et nos villages.
Nantes inspired me
On the 7th and 8th of September this year, I attended an international conference on fruit trees in Nantes, Pays de Loire. It made me want to write again.
Nantes m’a inspiré
Les 7 et 8 septembre, j’ai participé à Nantes aux premières assises internationales des paysages comestibles fruitiers dans la cité. Ça m’a donné envie de recommencer à écrire.
Jam with less sugar: a grandmother’s recipe
Some jam recipes don’t require more than 300g of added sugar per kilo of fruit. I tried one with plums, tasted the result and thought about the potential benefits of such a recipe with regards to sugar intake, food miles and food self-provisioning.
Europom 2018
The annual meeting of non-profit organisations that promote traditional and local fruit cultivars in Europe took place on 27 and 28 October in Troyes, France. The event coincided with the 40th anniversary of its organiser, Les Croqueurs de pommes®.
News: the Provençal garden revisited
In the last two years the garden I visited in August 2016 has flourished under its owner’s tender care. June is a great time to see apricots and peaches in this now luxuriant orchard.
The return of the monks’ famous apples and pears
A 2,500 square-meter orchard nested in a corner of the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris is what remains of a Carthusian domain which once hosted a big and internationally renowned fruit tree nursery. The monks left long ago, but their delicious varieties are back.
Les Jardins d'ici 