Faced with inflation, the practice of gleaning is spreading in the North: “I see more and more retirees”

2023-10-17 07:08:15

“I still have some aches but it’s a great experience,” smiles Catherine. The fifty-year-old, who lives in Dunkirk (North), has just experienced her first potato gleaning on a neighboring farmer’s field. “I’m at the RSA,” she confides, “with a sick child. I am of course looking for the best ways to save money and I was informed of Mr. Dezitter’s invitation. I collected enough to last several months. That’s really generous of him. »