France24 reported.

On its website, the “Food Riposte” group said the French government is breaking its own climate commitments. The group has urged the country’s state-sponsored health care system to give people greater access to healthy food and provide farmers with better wages.

Farmers protest

French farmers have been protesting in recent weeks, using their tractors to block roads in the country. Farmers also dumped agricultural waste at the gates of government offices.

Following the protests, the French government approved several measures, but farmers have said they don’t completely address their demands. In addition to better pay and protections from imports, farmers have also asked for less red tape from the French government.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visited a farm in the central region of Indre-et-Loire and said farmers are in a difficult position because “on the one side we say ‘we need quality’ and on the other side ’we want ever-lower prices’.”

“What’s at stake is finding solutions in the short, middle and long term,” he said, “because we need our farmers.”

Contributing: The Associated Press

Source: usatoday.com