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French Farmers Turn Champs Elysees into Giant Garden

   VOA News 23 May 2010
   Visitors  walk  between planted fields, part of a two-day event called
   'Nature  Capitale,'  on  the  Champs  Elysees near the Arc de Triomphe
   monument in Paris, 23 May 2010

Photo: AP

   Visitors  walk  between planted fields, part of a two-day event called
   'Nature  Capitale,'  on  the  Champs  Elysees near the Arc de Triomphe
   monument in Paris, 23 May 2010

   French  farmers  turned Paris' most famous street into a huge tract of
   farmland Sunday to illustrate their financial plight.
   The  Champs  Elysees,  known for fancy shops, restaurants and romantic
   couples,  instead  was  covered with trees, flowers and cows, pigs and
   sheep.
   Organizers say they hope the two-day display will remind city dwellers
   where  their  food  comes  from,  and  will  garner  more  support for
   financially strapped farmers.
   Many  French  farmers  are  struggling to stay in business, faced with
   dropping food prices and high operating costs.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP.

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