Nearly half of the Eurométropole Metz territory is composed of agricultural lands.
With its 20 towns and less than 1000 inhabitants, the agriculture industry in Eurométropole Metz is marked by mixed-culture and livestock farming like in the department, and minority productions : market-gardening, tree growing, vine growing (PDO Wines from Moselle), horticulture. Today, 170 farmers work in Eurométropole Metz, with skills on the whole sector for a total of 2 000 related jobs. A revival of economic activities in the agricultural sector is spreading out to meet the needs of the consumers:
The « Periruban farming » sector stands for, in all its forms, an attractiveness driving force: from the preservation of agricultural lands to the consolidation of agriculture through urban planning documents, the development of the economic potential and new forms of farming activities in connection with the city, all directed to sustainable practices.
Eurométropole Metz, by getting involved in the support and the promotion of periurban farming, affirms its desire to protect the value of farmlands, support job creation in specific industries (diversification in market gardening, in horticulture, etc), to create a social cohesion around an increasing need of nature, and give a new place to the farmer, at the heart of urban expectations. All is about developing new growing technics (permaculture, agroforestry, etc), or new breeding technics (such as the animal welfare) and food processing promoted by locally recognized and established operators and locally-based distribution networks in order to:
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