Paris:
No limousines, no sports cars. Cows and goats are making heads turn on Champs Elysees as the Parisian street becomes a giant garden with farm animals, for two days.
This giant city garden was set up at a cost of 4.2 million euros by a group of young French farmers who want to remind city folk of what life is in the countryside.
"It's a gorgeous day, it brings a lot of people from different cultures, different levels of economy together to appreciate something that's common to all of us, and that's nature," said Gary Fossett, a 72-year-old tourist from the US.
Eight thousand plots of earth, 650 fully grown trees, farm animals and plants are also trying to highlight that France is the biggest agriculture economy of Europe - and its farmers are struggling with decreasing incomes and the tightening of regulations.
"This is a way to remind everyone that man lives in the heart of nature. I have a very humanistic vision of the world and I want man to be responsible for nature because nature feeds him, waters him, protects him and it's because nature gives so much that man must be responsible," said Gad Weil, the designer of the project.
For a change French farmers are not protesting, but trying to garner public support as the European Union debates the future of its Common Agricultural Policy under which France gets the biggest chunk of subsidies.
This giant city garden was set up at a cost of 4.2 million euros by a group of young French farmers who want to remind city folk of what life is in the countryside.
"It's a gorgeous day, it brings a lot of people from different cultures, different levels of economy together to appreciate something that's common to all of us, and that's nature," said Gary Fossett, a 72-year-old tourist from the US.
Eight thousand plots of earth, 650 fully grown trees, farm animals and plants are also trying to highlight that France is the biggest agriculture economy of Europe - and its farmers are struggling with decreasing incomes and the tightening of regulations.
"This is a way to remind everyone that man lives in the heart of nature. I have a very humanistic vision of the world and I want man to be responsible for nature because nature feeds him, waters him, protects him and it's because nature gives so much that man must be responsible," said Gad Weil, the designer of the project.
For a change French farmers are not protesting, but trying to garner public support as the European Union debates the future of its Common Agricultural Policy under which France gets the biggest chunk of subsidies.
Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world
