Gardening & Cooking

Photo: Audrey Roattino, sustainable development referent for the Lycée du Forez and Ghislaine Bouillet-Cordonnier, President of Albatross, after a mirabelle plum harvest. July 4, 2024 was the last day at the Albatross ECoLabel educational garden with the Lycée du Forez. The program includes harvesting, plum picking and jam-making. It was during this day that we […]

On June 29, Albatross Foundation hosted a beekeeping training day for some thirty members of the GDS Apicole de la Loire. The training took place in three stages. First of all, a presentation was given by Dr. Huguette Jalon, beekeeping veterinarian, on biological control of the varois parasite, which is harmful to bees. This was

On May 23, 2024, a group of high school students from the Forez region attended an Albatross training course divided into two themes: seedlings in the sustainable agriculture garden and pollination. The morning was spent under the aegis of our volunteer market gardener from Ferme de l’Oasis, planting the vegetable seedlings that had sprouted since

Following on from the autumn “soil wintering” training course, our market gardener from Ferme de l’Oasis continued his educational training on raising awareness of sustainable agriculture with a “soil wintering” workshop with EMLYON students and high-school pupils from Forez. To kick off the day, the youngsters visited the garden and observed the soil after overwintering.

This educational day was different from our previous workshops in more ways than one. A new topic Firstly, it was the first time that a vine planting and organic wine tasting workshop was organized with Albatross and its volunteers. 2 representatives from Atelier du Vin presented the planting conditions for 5 types of vine (2

As part of the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) action for sustainable development, a training course was organized by Albatross for AXA Group on November 9, 2023. AXA employees and agents received training from our two volunteers in the educational garden at the Albatross site in the Loire. After a presentation on soil and trees by

Ferme de l’Oasis founder Aurélien Adam and mycologist Martine Régine-Jornas were our volunteer trainers on November 23, 2023 for the wintering of the educational garden with Forez high school students. After a general introduction to soil cycles, the youngsters gathered leaves, hay, cardboard and manure for wintering. All these products were sourced in the park,

EMLyon students and Forez high school pupils joined forces with two volunteer trainers on Sunday October 8 at the educational garden. First of all, Corentin Chambriard showed the youngsters how and why pruning trees helps to protect nature. The youngsters were able to practice this difficult exercise of climbing to the top of trees without

In June, our Albatross volunteer Dr. Jallon, a beekeeping veterinarian, gave a course to young high school students on the world of bees. A live hive was set up on site and the queen was marked. As Dr Jallon is also a referral veterinarian for the Loire GDS Apicole (Groupement de Défense Sanitaire de la

In July, Aurelien Adam of the Ferme de l’Oasis supervised the harvesting of the educational garden by the youngsters. Beautiful fruits and vegetables were picked and quickly cooked for a convivial shared lunch. This harvest marks the end of our cooperative season with the Lycée du Forez. Our cooperation with students from Noise EMLyon is