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French farmers invest YouTube to denounce "agribashing"

French farmers are mobilizing again this Tuesday, October 22, after a first blocking operation on October 8 to denounce agribashing. A term used to denounce the many criticisms of which they claim to be victims. Some farmers believe that the critics come mainly from a lack of knowledge of their profession, so they decided to tell it on YouTube. Among them, "Étienne, agri youtubeurre, 38 years old. It is located in the Sarthe, rural department of the north-west of the country. Reportage.

They feel blamed by environmental and antispecial associations and denigrated by agricultural policies, through for example the signing of Ceta, the trade agreement between the European Union and Canada, which they believe weakens them a little more.