Successful Olive Harvest in Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues: Overcoming Drought for Abundant Mediterranean Fruit

2023-11-01 16:55:09 Branches loaded with olives, which bring a smile to Philippe Blanc, olive producer in Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues, in Hérault. The Mediterranean fruit harvest is just beginning, but the season is already looking good. “We are going to harvest between 2 and 3 tonnes, whereas last year we only produced 400 kilos of olives, it was … Read more

VIDEO – How INSEE investigators track prices to calculate the inflation rate

2023-09-17 15:15:59 After the supermarket, head to a shoe store. There, the investigator not only notes the prices, but also the composition. As inflation increases the price of raw materials, manufacturers can reduce their costs: “They use less cotton, they use another fiber that doesn’t cost much, and they stay at the same price”, Christian … Read more

“French Cider in Decline: The Impact on Production and Consumption”

2023-04-22 17:44:03 His reputation is well established. Sweet, low in alcohol and affordable, cider is nevertheless losing popularity with the French: -12% in sales last year compared to 2019, the reference year before Covid. Young people in particular seem to be turning away from it. “We are more beer, strong alcohol”, testifies one of them … Read more

Banned pesticides found in jars of jam sold in supermarkets

As for strawberry jam, the results are less worrying, since the fruits, grown above ground, “benefit from a more controlled environment”, points the association. Despite everything, the “Dordogne Reflets de France” jam from the Carrefour brand contains traces of five fungicides or insecticides and the “Confituriers des Hauts-de-France” jam contains traces of four pesticides. However, … Read more

Vinted platform: how could cybercriminals hack into hundreds of accounts?

A sledgehammer. Hundreds of Vinted users have had their accounts hacked by cybercriminals. Their digital wallets, sometimes containing up to several hundred euros, have been emptied. Some bank details were also stolen. For several days, their messages of alert and anger have multiplied on social networks. “My account has been hacked, the kitty and bank … Read more

Risks of power cuts: which appliances consume the most at home?

Instead, use the hotplates or the microwave. Indeed, cooking 500 g of potatoes in the oven consumes 10 times more energy than cooking them in a pan on an induction hob. For example: a 2,000 W oven, operating for 1 hour, consumes 0.8 kWh; a 1,500 W microwave, operating for 15 minutes on maximum power, … Read more