SocietyFrench farmers ‘heavily impacted’ by climate crisis, psychologically and economically

Climate disruption has become an immediate reality for French agriculture rather than a distant projection. Thévenot describes 2026 as a turning point, with the crisis affecting farming as well as economic and cultural life. His own farm has been only partly affected because its production cycle ended earlier in the season. Meanwhile, he sees vegetable growers, livestock farmers and fruit producers struggling every day across southwestern France.