the goat sector in a low-carbon approach

The sun is barely rising in the town of Château-Garnier (Vienne), and nature is awakening. It’s time for the first milking for Mr. Ressegand’s goats. His herd, he pampers it. Small attentions even in the food, balanced and 100% local. “It is produced on the farm“, says Jean-Marc Ressegand. The dairy goat breeder is committed to a low-carbon approach. He has installed hundreds of solar panels and invested more than 100,000 euros in a hay dryer that preserves plant proteins.

Encourage the planting of hedges

In his fields, little nitrogen fertilizer, he planted faba bean and clover. “Clover has this ability, like all legumes, to be able to capture nitrogen from the air“, he explains. Like about thirty other goat breeders in the region, Jean-Marc Ressegand is followed by a technical adviser. The sector wants to improve its carbon footprint by encouraging, for example, the planting of hedges, to compensate for its Less than 700 goat farmers have chosen the low-carbon model in France, but the sector is only at the very beginning of its transition.