Herbe (2009)

Herbe is a French documentary film first released in 2009, directed by Matthieu Levain and Olivier Porte.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


A film that presents two alternative ways of dairy farming in Brittany.  On the one hand, there are the independent farmers who adhere to the traditions of farming go back generations, smallholders who feed their cattle exclusively on grass and avoid artificial means to boost productivity.  Then there are the farmers who work as part of an industrial-sized operation, supplementing their cattle feed with maize and soya to reduce overheads and increase profits.  In an increasingly competitive world where productivity at the expense of ecological impact is becoming less acceptable, it may well be that the traditional farmers will ultimately have the upper hand...



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