The best regional grocery stores Loire

In the land of orchards and vineyards, where can you buy good local products at the best price? At the Ferme des Lônes, in the direction of the leisure center, immediately on the left, there has been a store open to individuals in search of short circuits for the past fifteen years. Seasonal fruits and juices, but also wines of the region, beers, delicious cheeses, terrines, delicatessen or meat... Cooking workshops at the rhythm of the seasons. The right address to shop and to fill up with kindness.

On this farm you can complete the well-placed jellies in your cellar with jams, sorbets and berries.

La ferme du Pilat, is a producer's shop as the locavores like them who come from the surroundings of Lyon to Pélussin. Cheeses, yoghurts, fruits and vegetables, meats, jams, honeys, milk, eggs, preserves, trouts... You can only find healthy products from the farms of Pilat. Behind the counter, it is the producers themselves who take turns to sell these good products that respect the organic charter. A must-see for those who are tired of the anonymity of the supermarkets.

During the visit, which starts at 9 p. m., you will attend all the stages of manufacture conducted in accordance with traditions: lait of milk, put in the mold mold, salting of the fourmes during the casting and draining on the pine wooden channels. The milk is harvested from about 700 municipalities at more than m altitude. Curdled requires an hour waiting; the draining on the channels lasts 5 days; it's this contact with wood that gives the crust its orange color. The fourmes are then draped with long needles to facilitate the air input and to develop the ferment which gives the blue. A 28-day refining period in altitude cellars is required. Next, a gallery with models depicting the life of old people in the Jasseries and the manufacture of yesteryear, as well as a video on the route of milk, from the producer to the finished product, will be presented. To close the visit, a small tasting of D de Montbrison is offered in the store. Greedy, it's the opportunity to enjoy and buy!

A gourmet farm run by the Chataignon family for 3 generations. The farm was once located within the monastery walls and has since been extended into an old mill built by the Carthusian monks in the 13th century. Buildings of character renovated to accommodate goats, pigs raised on straw, poultry raised in the open air, without forgetting the beehives. 100% home-made products, made only with products from the farm and processed on site.

A great place. An independent shop that honors organic and local products. Animated by organic enthusiasts, the store offers a real market of products from organic agriculture with fruits and vegetables, dairy products, organic bread, organic wines from different regions, beers, cheeses, aromatic herbs, but also beauty and cleaning products that respect our environment. Even an organic bookshop! A beautiful spirit reigns at this address made of passion and sharing.

Located at the foot of the Forez and Madeleine Mountains, between Boën and Saint-Germain-Laval, Le Domaine du Banchet is in the purest tradition and on vast pastures, beautiful breeds of charolais cattle, farm poultry and other fatty ducks. The quality of the products is certified! The house offers in its authentic shop, charolais packages, farmer chickens, capons, and fresh magret. Among the long list of cooked products are the beef sausage, the poultry fillet, an atypical chili con carne and a duck foie! A land like you like, no doubt you will leave with several jars under your arm!

On-site sales: Fourmes of Montbrison AOC and goat cheese.

Pigs, cows, goats, bees: in this place, animal varieties are comical. In all cases, they are used to manufacture good agricultural products! And in addition the welcome is very charming!

Next to the hostel, another farm, where Laurent Bourgier makes a dry sausage that he also sells on the producer market, Place Albert-Thomas in Saint-Etienne.

Specialities of farm and farm poultry.

It is in the heart of the Madeleine Mountains that Pascal Préfol and Samantha Le Floch raise 100 alpine and poitevines goats and 10 cows ferrandaises and montbéliardes. They produce quality cheeses, to be tasted without moderation: tommes, yaourts, white and dry cheeses, and especially their specialities: the heart of aux (goat cheese hidden in its heart a blueberry jam) and grilled to serve hot on a slice of campaign bread. They also turn into ferrandais, tender and goûteuse veal, and cabris, respecting the method of production of organic farming. They also produce excellent apple juice and are present on the markets of Roanne, Riorges and Ambierle in season. Directly from the producer to the consumer!

A compulsory stop at the charcuterie of Béatrice and Pascal Goyon, located just at exit No 4, of the A 89/A 72, both the reception is charming and the quality of the excellent and excellent products. His father, who by his personal consumption himself carried out his own sausages, said Pascal had his Taste for Charcuterie. From this passion, he drew his specialty, the sausage dry to the d of Montbrison. You will, of course, find the slaughter radius: heifer and lamb of countries, Fermier pig pig, farmer milk calf, farm poultry, as well as charcuterie, ham, country ham, terrine, icing, etc., and cured, cook, pure pork or mixed beef beef, a feast, word from Petit Smart. A real address, like you love them!