Youth Forum

Giving a voice to young people involved in agricultural training
Espace Jeunes

SPOTLIGHT ON YOUNG PEOPLE AT SPACE

The Espace Jeunes aims to give a voice to young people involved in agricultural training and to contribute to the renewal of generations in the agricultural world.
Set up for the first time in 2022, it brings together hundreds of students every year to promote livestock farming training and careers.
The Youth forum is a joint project with the agricultural education networks (CNEAP, public and MFR) and higher education establishments: Institut Agro Rennes-Angers (ex-Agro Campus) and Ecole Supérieure des Agricultures d'Angers (ESA).

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How do young people envision the future of livestock farming? What vision do they have of their future jobs? What image do they want to convey to consumers? What are the best ways of introducing young people from nonagricultural backgrounds to the sector?
These are just some of the questions that the young people present at the workshops were able to answer. 
These meetings provided an opportunity for young people to express their vision of their future careers and compare it with that of professionals, as well as to share their passion for the world of agriculture, their expectations and their experiences in the field.

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Farming: A collaborative profession

During the workshop, three students spoke and discussed their experiences with students from Bac to BTS.Accompanied by a young farmer, a farmer who created content and a representative from ANEFA Finistère, they were able to discuss a wide range of subjects: their career paths, their expectations, the image of agriculture, etc.

Appeal, transition and next-generation farmers: engineers are choosing farming too!

Student engineers discussed the assets needed to set up a successful business. Former students who are now farm managers and teacher-researchers also had the opportunity to talk about the livestock farming profession.

A High School Newspaper

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High School Newspaper (JDL), created by the Ouest-France newspaper in 2007, offers high
schools, rural agricultural schools (MFR), youth centres and community centres the opportunity to create their own newspaper, with the support of a professional journalist.
So it was only natural that SPACE agreed to take part in the project proposed by JDL and DRAAF: the production of a newspaper based in part on the Expo and related subjects.
For this first edition, the ISSAT (Institut Secondaire et Supérieur d'Agro-Technologies) in
Redon will produce the newspaper. An editorial board has been set up, composed of a team of high-school editors led by teachers, with support from a professional journalist.
The first issue was published in June, covering current agricultural issues close to the students' hearts. The budding reporters travelled to SPACE for a second issue, due out in December.

Click on the cover to read the first issue of ‘La terre demain’!
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VIDEOS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS

MORE INFORMATION ON THE YOUTH FORUM

Contact Stéphanie PILLET:
02 23 48 28 94