The last French tobacco processing plant will close in Sarlat. Jean-Jacques de Peretti, mayor of the city, was interviewed in "the morning phone call" on Sud Radio on September 6. "The morning phone call" is broadcast daily at 7:12 a.m. in the morning hosted by Cécile de Ménibus and Patrick Roger. What future for tobacco cultivation in France? In the past, said Jean-Jacques de Peretti, "the nipples of the Périgord were milk and tobacco." As the last tobacco processing plant closes, what is left now? A page in agricultural history that turns "As far as milk is concerned, it hasn't fallen, but it's not what it used to be," says the mayor of Sarlat. The plant will close for sure, which poses se... [Read more]