Glittering bird from Provence
Picturesque drive
2010 International Year
Thursday 2 September 2010
Ste Ingrid
Provence > Provence Kiosk
Luberon welcomes its first photovoltaic power plant on the ground, this power plant extends over 3 ha and will be able to produce until 1,2 M watts of power. It is on the municipality of Sault that the place was chosen, on a ancient army ground. The inauguration of this power plant on June 17th, arrives one year after that of the first power plant implanted in France in the Hérault.
At instigation of the regional Natural reserve of Luberon and due to farmers' from Luberon, old variety of wheat are again cultivated. The Bread in the wheat miller of Apt made with these old variety show is sold by 3 bakers at Apt. It has just been rewarded with the world label " For Sentinels of the taste " which defends food biovariety. There is only 300 label awarded worldwide...