Originally from Réunion Island, Marie has always dreamed of settling in the Alpine mountains. After a master’s degree in Evaluation and Management of l’Environnement et des Paysages de Montagne in Grenoble, she left her computer screen for good to go and look after the ewes in the Vercors in 2014. Behind a desk, she feels she has no role to play in changing agricultural mentalities. You can’t engage rural traditions by simply pressing a few keys.
She went on to become an Equine Podiatrist in Isère. In 2023, the opportunity finally arose to take over her husband’s family business. Since 2021, she has developed a small flock of ewes for meat, which she hopes to sell directly in parallel with Romain’s breeding of Charolais cows. More than a profession, it’s a way of life that’s hard to maintain with the phenomenal number of standards and administrative procedures. Despite the difficulties, Marie and Romain want to promote sustainable agriculture, a blend of tradition and modernity at the foot of the Vercors.
