La Dévalade, de la prairie à l'assiette : Qui mange qui ? La prairie, l’herbe, les fleurs et les prédateurs
Two days to celebrate traditional cuisines and craftsmanship!
"La Dévallade" is the 5th and final episode of the "Feuilleton des prairies" series, a traveling program organized by the Clermont Massif Central Urban Planning Agency as part of "Prairies Nomades," marking the International Year of Pastoralism and Transhumance 2026.
A highlight presented by “Derrière Le Hublot” in collaboration with Éric Roux— a food journalist, in partnership with the town of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, and with the help of students from the Beauregard, François Marty, Saint-Joseph, and Raymond Savignac high schools in Villefranche-de-Rouergue.
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Who Eats Whom? The Meadow, Grass, Flowers, and Predators? Roundtable
Fred and Agnès Genot of GAEC La Belle Estive—a shepherd and a farmer, respectively—Gabriel Jofré, an Argentine Mapuche community leader, and Marc Deconchat, an ecologist at INRAE, will provide an overview of current predation patterns. Traditionally, the mountains of the Massif Central were a place of agricultural production; today, herbivore predators, hikers, tourists, and other users of the natural environment are disrupting the sharing of these spaces. How should agricultural activity in the mountains be organized today to share its pastoral lands with these newcomers? What are the risks to pastoral agriculture? On both sides of the land, how are contemporary predation pressures impacting pastoral ecosystems?
Moderator: Eric Roux, journalist and food columnist, specialist and advocate for traditional cuisines