Sylvie took over the farm after her husband's suicide: "There was a mountain of work to do"

2022-06-15T04:07:15.593Z

The life of Sylvie and Thierry, a farming couple and parents of two children, changes dramatically when new European legislation requires their farm to be brought up to standard. The work generates colossal costs and an overload of work. The pressure builds up and Thierry sees no way out. At the end of his tether, he takes his own life... Since the tragedy, Sylvie has had to raise their children alone and manage the dairy farm with 120 cows. How does she manage to bear the weight of the work? How was it organized to guarantee the survival of the farm? In this episode of "Dans les Yeux d'Olivier", the podcast adapted by Europe 1 Studio, Sylvie confides her story to Olivier Delacroix. She recounts the hardships she had to overcome and the outpouring of solidarity from the farmers.