Bruno Parmentier worked in NGOs, cooperatives, the press, and the editing world before becoming the director of the Ecole Supérieure d’Agriculture in Angers.
He has published five books on agriculture, food, hunger, global warming, and ageing. According to him, so-called modern agriculture “based entirely on chemicals and oil” is showing strain: yields are stagnating, biodiversity is crumbling, soil fertility is decreasing, groundwater reserves are shrinking, the social acceptability of pesticides is all but gone, and global warming is having a significant impact on all agricultural systems.
He believes that the world’s oldest profession is on the brink of a major new revolution – transitioning from chemically intensive to ecologically intensive practices to produce “more and better with less” all while limiting climate change.