{"id":22417,"date":"2022-08-23T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crowdfarming.com\/podcast\/wtf-episode-9-conversion-to-organic-with-crowdfarming-farmers-tiphaine-quemener-and-pedro-linan-maxime-durand\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:38:59","slug":"wtf-episode-9-conversion-to-organic-with-crowdfarming-farmers-tiphaine-quemener-and-pedro-linan-maxime-durand","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/laruchequiditoui.fr\/what-the-field\/podcast\/wtf-episode-9-conversion-to-organic-with-crowdfarming-farmers-tiphaine-quemener-and-pedro-linan-maxime-durand\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversion to organic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does it take for a farmer to convert to organic? What are the main hurdles and why is it so hard sometimes?&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this podcast episode we hear different perspectives:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We talk to our French vegetable farmer Tiphaine Quemener from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdfarming.com\/en\/farmer\/ferme-de-kergus\/up\/buy-onions-ferme-de-kergus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maison Quemener<\/a> <\/strong>and our Spanish almond farmer Pedro Li\u00f1an from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdfarming.com\/en\/farmer\/dona-marina\/up\/adopt-an-almond-tree-dona-marina-shelled-almonds\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdfarming.com\/en\/farmer\/dona-marina\/up\/adopt-an-almond-tree-dona-marina-shelled-almonds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Do\u00f1a Marina<\/strong><\/a> to learn about their personal experience with the conversion process and their motivations. And we also talk to Maxime Durand, co-founder of the French \u201cconversion brand\u201d BioDemain, about why he founded his company and what knowledge he has gained.&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What the field?! Episode 9 - Conversion to organic - with Maxime Durand &amp; CrowdFarming farmers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mf-6ijTcBuo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201c<em>By using less pesticides you have a big impact on the capacity of your soil to absorb carbon. 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