Simon Bourtembourg, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 8:04 p.m., February 25, 2023

This Saturday, the Salon de l'Agriculture launched its 2023 edition at Porte de Versailles in Paris.

For the occasion, and as tradition dictates, President Emmanuel Macron toured the event for nearly 12 hours.

This year, the event is held until March 5, to the delight of visitors.

The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron occupies the ground at the Salon de l'Agriculture.

Since this Saturday morning, handshakes, tastings and a few presidential announcements have followed one another.

The great mass of rurality is held until March 5 at Porte de Versailles, in Paris.

Emmanuel Macron has been walking the aisles of the largest farm in France for 7 hours on this opening day of the Salon.

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"Meet the land"

Many have marked the date in their calendar.

This is the case of Patricia, up early she came with her four-year-old son.

"Like every year, we do it. It's to bring our little Massoud, so that he can discover the different animals", rejoices this mother.

"We're going to see all the farm animals, like the chickens and their eggs that are about to hatch," adds his son.

In the aisles, straw litters the ground and it is also sometimes necessary to jostle to make your way. 

Pierre is a business school student and discovers for the first time the atmosphere of the Salon de l'Agriculture.

"The goal is to get to know the local area a bit and come with friends to have a good time. For me, it's the first year, but it can quickly become a tradition, I think," he says.

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“Farmers must not be left out”

Facing Pierre, Frédéric pampers his cow with which he came from Haute-Saône.

His intention: to introduce people to his profession as a farmer.

"A lot of people realize that agriculture is important in France and that farmers should not be left out. We have a lot of visitors who stop by the stand to ask us real questions. Farmers and the producers get up every day and work very, very hard. And that, a lot of people forget it", underlines the farmer.

A message that Frédéric hopes to pass on to as many people as possible during this week of the Salon de l'Agriculture.