{"id":48,"date":"2018-02-07T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T11:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavalette.lewebfrancais.fr\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2018-10-18T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T16:03:27","slug":"la-ferme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lavaletteperigord.com\/en\/la-ferme\/","title":{"rendered":"The Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;5%&#8221; bottom_padding=&#8221;5%&#8221; enable_gradient=&#8221;true&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;1&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; 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background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; delay=&#8221;300&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Arnaud always wanted to rear livestock, and that is exactly what he set about doing as soon as he arrived at the Domain: a new model of agriculture that respects the environment and animals, sustainable yet still profitable, with a focus on saving ancient local breeds that have now virtually disappeared.&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:p|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%23000000|line_height:24px&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Josefin%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; 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column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner enable_animation=&#8221;true&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade-in-from-bottom&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;A heritage farm&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]As a young boy in Normandy with his grandparents, Arnaud designed the farm that he would have \u201cwhen he grew up\u201d. The winding ways of life took him in other directions, but he never gave up his dream. Involved in this sector\u2019s large-scale industrial farms via his career as a vet in the animal health industry, Arnaud has always argued that there has to be more than just the one productivist and industrial model of agriculture. When Arnaud and Fabienne settled at Domaine de la Valette, they had an opportunity to develop an ambitious agro-tourism project, build their farm, rear old French domestic breeds (representative of their terroirs) that are under threat or only found in small numbers, and demonstrate that a different, sustainable, environmentally friendly, balanced, healthy system of agriculture is also possible.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"rmwr-wrapper\" \n             data-id=\"rmwr-6a0abe3653bbe\"\n             data-mode=\"normal\"\n             data-animation=\"fade\"\n             data-duration=\"300\"\n             data-smooth-scroll=\"true\"\n             data-scroll-offset=\"0\">\n            <button \n                type=\"button\"\n                class=\"read-link\" \n                id=\"readlinkrmwr-6a0abe3653bbe\"\n                data-open-text=\"Read More\"\n                data-close-text=\"Read Less\"\n                aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                aria-controls=\"readrmwr-6a0abe3653bbe\"\n                aria-label=\"Read More\"\n            >\n                <span class=\"rmwr-text\">Read More<\/span>\n            <\/button>\n            <div \n                class=\"read_div\" \n                id=\"readrmwr-6a0abe3653bbe\"\n                aria-hidden=\"true\"\n                data-animation=\"fade\"\n                data-duration=\"300\"\n                style=\"display: none;\"\n            >\n                \n<p>The agricultural buildings found on the Domain in 2014 did not provide the animals with good living conditions in cold or rainy weather. Initial plans were drawn up with the help of the Chamber of Agriculture, but the aesthetics also had to match the history and charm of the Domain\u2019s characterful g\u00eetes. In addition, they had to be viewed as a framework showcasing a forward-looking project with strong local roots. This is when the project was taken up by a talented architect and artisans who adapted, shaped and moulded the complex with love and passion. Ancestral expertise and the help of numerous comrades was used to make this one of the region\u2019s flagship products. This childhood dream became the project of around fifty masons, stone cutters, carpenters, joiners, electricians, plumbers, diggers and blacksmiths proud of their work who were all fully committed to leaving their mark on history. We owe them our thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Combining fantastic traditional heritage devoted to animals with modern, operational and functional animal-rearing buildings, this farm is a working breeding farm rather than an educational establishment or museum. It is built on local domestic breeds that are only found in small numbers or are in danger of dying out, and on direct contact between producer and consumer. \u201cThese ancient local breeds are perfectly in line with the spirit of our time: consuming less but better quality. Less meat, less often, but high-quality, tender, healthy and with a good flavour\u201d, the founder emphasises. \u201cThere are no intermediaries between us and the consumer, because behind our animals stand a history and a passion which only the farmer can share\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In order to establish this bond of trust, you have to be able to show what you stand for in beautiful style. At first sight, the architectural results are striking.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #861b37\">&#8220;Having a heritage farm and charming g\u00eetes together on the Domain represents an original idea that illustrates the owners\u2019 way of doing things: advocating a particular way of life and investing in heritage, whether built or living.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_image=&#8221;320&#8243; enable_bg_scale=&#8221;true&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; id=&#8221;biodiversite&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_image=&#8221;321&#8243; enable_bg_scale=&#8221;true&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-7-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner enable_animation=&#8221;true&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade-in-from-bottom&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Biodiversity and environment&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]Local breeds began declining in the 1970s as they no longer met the criteria of modern productivist agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of various networks of passionate and enthusiastic farmers, Arnaud will introduce you to this wealth of living French heritage, deeply rooted in its local region yet fantastically modern and creating a future for generations to come. <em>\u201cOn our own little scale, we are quite simply helping to showcase fantastic local breeds threatened with extinction as a result of pressure from hugely industrialised agriculture\u201d<\/em>, Arnaud explains. These breeds are part of a virtuous ecosystem. There is no widespread destruction as a result of pesticides or other crop protection products here. Here the hedges are not being pulled up, they are being replanted. By being granted access to undergrowth that protects them from the sun and inclement weather, the animals enjoy a variety of vegetation that gives their meat particular complexity.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; id=&#8221;races&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-7-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner enable_animation=&#8221;true&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade-in-from-bottom&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The breeds&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]La Valette farm now has around ten different ancient breeds that are being kept not as remnants of the past, but to drive viable and healthy economic activity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jodie des Barthes de l\u2019Adour, a twenty-year-old Landais pony, had her first foal Ikatxu in May 2018 and thus prevented her line from dying out.<\/li>\n<li>Maguy, a young female Berger d\u2019Auvergne dog, is one of only fifty currently known remaining examples of this working breed.<\/li>\n<li>Cotentin donkeys Quenotte, Emaye and Fluor accompany young and old as they hike the Domain\u2019s trails.<\/li>\n<li>Our farm\u2019s ancient poultry breeds:\n<ul>\n<li>Gascony hens with their delicious eggs<\/li>\n<li>Coucou de Rennes hens with their unmistakable meat<\/li>\n<li>Very rare Gascony turkeys and yellow Landes turkeys which offer a reminder that this is a meat for festive occasions<\/li>\n<li>Grey Landes geese, which have virtually entirely died out, producing incredibly refined confits, breast meat and foie gras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n        <div class=\"rmwr-wrapper\" \n             data-id=\"rmwr-6a0abe3653c0a\"\n             data-mode=\"normal\"\n             data-animation=\"fade\"\n             data-duration=\"300\"\n             data-smooth-scroll=\"true\"\n             data-scroll-offset=\"0\">\n            <button \n                type=\"button\"\n                class=\"read-link\" \n                id=\"readlinkrmwr-6a0abe3653c0a\"\n                data-open-text=\"Read More\"\n                data-close-text=\"Read Less\"\n                aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                aria-controls=\"readrmwr-6a0abe3653c0a\"\n                aria-label=\"Read More\"\n            >\n                <span class=\"rmwr-text\">Read More<\/span>\n            <\/button>\n            <div \n                class=\"read_div\" \n                id=\"readrmwr-6a0abe3653c0a\"\n                aria-hidden=\"true\"\n                data-animation=\"fade\"\n                data-duration=\"300\"\n                style=\"display: none;\"\n            >\n                \n<ul>\n<li>Bazadais cattle are well-known in Gironde for their fattened beef. Eight-month-old rose veal fed on milk, grass and hay is sold directly to the final consumer. The cattle grow peacefully to the age of five.<\/li>\n<li>Bordelais cattle. The farm\u2019s stars are rare \u2013 and beautiful! They are initially used for reproduction and then to produce veal and beef, in line with specifications that are currently being discussed by the \u201cConservatoire des Races d\u2019Aquitaine\u201d to ensure that these rare gems remain an utterly exceptional product.<\/li>\n<li>Gascony pigs are the most recent arrivals, and are known for their delicious meat. Taste the difference compared with industrial pink pork meat!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The farm is also home to Percheron mares and M\u00e9rens horses, which are regularly harnessed up for long strolls in the shade of the trees or along small lanes. There are also Lusitano horses and a Carmague pony which won the French Horse Ball in the \u201ccadet\u201d category. The next step surely has to be ducks&#8230;<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_image=&#8221;323&#8243; enable_bg_scale=&#8221;true&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-5-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>Cotentin donkey (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Use of this species dates back over 4000 years. It was widespread from the Middle Ages to the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p>Originating in the north of the Cotentin, this donkey is a local breed that was used for agricultural work and for carrying goods (especially milk) in the Lower Normandy area. Widely used by poor families for its sober temperament, over the 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries the Cotentin donkey was gradually replaced by workhorses and has suffered tremendously from the mechanisation of agriculture. From a total of approximately 9,000 donkeys in the 1930s, the species has dwindled to just a few hundred individuals today, but numbers are once again climbing: in 2011, 152 donkeys were born.<\/p>\n<p>Quenotte (aged 12) is the mother of Emaye (aged 3) and of Fluor de La Valette (born on 11 June 2015).[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 64px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>Bazadais cattle<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Originally used for working the land, this breed saw its numbers drop dramatically with the mechanisation of agriculture in the wake of the Second World War. Bazadais cattle are now used for the production of beef.<\/p>\n<p>With known examples of this breed reduced to just 700, a revival was planned and implemented in the 1970s. Today the Bazadais breed totals 3,300 animals in South-Western France, from the Gironde to the Pyrenees. Compare this number with the total of 1,500,000 Charolais or Limousin cattle, much more productive breeds.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 64px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>Our poultry:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At the end of the Second World War, home consumption disappeared and gave way to industrial standardisation of chicken rearing strains. Around twenty chicken breeds virtually died out, including Gascony hens and turkeys and Coucou de Rennes hens.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gascony hens (1)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Originating in the Garonne valley, these hens are considered a rustic fowl that flourishes best if raised in liberty. It has been declining since the 1950s, and in the 1970s almost vanished except on a few farms.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Coucou de Rennes hens (2)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cA real farm hen\u201d, according to the journal \u201cAcclimatation\u201d on 4 July 1915<\/p>\n<p>A chicken with striped plumage like that of a woodland cuckoo. A mixed breed (eggs and meat) famed for the quality of its flesh.<\/p>\n<p>Fewer than 1000 reproducing birds in existence.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gascony turkeys (1)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Only found on a very small number of farms, the Gers turkey became endangered following rural depopulation and changes to agricultural methods. It likes to graze and roam large distances. A male turkey weighs at least 8 kg and a female at least 5 kg. The female turkeys are excellent egg incubators and good mothers.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 64px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>M\u00e9rens horse (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The M\u00e9rens breed is an extremely old one that has always ranged freely in the Pyrenees in the Ari\u00e8ge. The breed is very standard as it was for a long time isolated in the mountains. Rustic and of good character, it used to be very popular as a pack horse or for small agricultural tasks. It came very close to extinction, as in the 1970s there were only 4 stallions and around 40 mares left. The numbers are still small but it is no longer at risk as there are about 500 births a year and more than a thousand mares.<\/p>\n<p>Quartz and Qlamour are 12-year-old gelds.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 64px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>Landais pony (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>La Valette farm is involved in the Landais pony conservation programme run by the Conservatoire des Races d\u2019Aquitaine thanks to its 18-year-old mare Jodie. The breed numbers just 90 mares and 15 stallions, which is far too few. The Landais pony is one of the equine breeds most threatened with extinction and preserving it is a priority. Shaped by the marshy meadows and Landes forests around the river Adour, it is rustic and lives outside all year round. It is an excellent sports pony and adapts well to all disciplines.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<em>This information comes from an excellent reference work entitled \u201cNos animaux domestiques \u2013 le tour de France d\u2019un patrimoine menac\u00e9\u201d written by our friends Philippe Dubois and Elise Rousseau and by Jean\u2013Claude P\u00e9riquet (published by Delachaux et Niestl\u00e9).<\/em>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 64px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; id=&#8221;produits-ferme&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_image=&#8221;319&#8243; enable_bg_scale=&#8221;true&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-7-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner enable_animation=&#8221;true&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade-in-from-bottom&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The farm\u2019s produce&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]The rearing and production of veal, pork and beef on La Valette farm holds organic farming certification from ECOCERT. 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