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ÉDITIONS MULTIMONDES · 2022Nicolas Mesly · Author
Terres d’asphalte
Quebec farmland under pressure
An essential investigation into Quebec farmland—under pressure from speculation, urban sprawl and a changing climate.
ISBN 978-2-89773-303-2 · 224 pages · Print, PDF and ePub« Who really owns Quebec’s farmland? »
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Published by Éditions MultiMondes · 2022
Quebec farmland under pressure
Quebec’s northern garden is under pressure. In this investigative book, Nicolas Mesly follows the forces redrawing the land: surging land values, speculation, urban expansion, climate change and an increasingly fragile food supply.
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Water, the defining issue of the 21st century
A book project documented through twenty years of reporting, research and fieldwork on water, agriculture, climate and food security.
20 years of documentation
Reporting, institutional papers, maps, data and testimony gathered in Quebec, across Canada and abroad.
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Nicolas Mesly
Nicolas Mesly is a Canadian reporter, photographer and agronomist based in Montreal. For more than twenty years, he has documented agri-food, ecological and human issues in Quebec and around the world.