Transhumance in the Vallée d’Aspe
The transhumance is the practice of moving livestock to high mountain pastures as the weather warms in early summer. As I learned when I visited the Fromagerie Écologique Agour Irati, this ancient practice has economic and culinary roots. Moving the flock to communal mountain pastures in the summer allows the farmer to use his land […]
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The transhumance is the practice of moving livestock to high mountain pastures as the weather warms in early summer. As I learned when I visited the Fromagerie Écologique Agour Irati, this ancient practice has economic and culinary roots. Moving the flock to communal mountain pastures in the summer allows the farmer to use his land