The best local producers Loire

In 2007, after a career change, Didier decided to set up his own bakery to produce quality products using organic ingredients. The sourdough bread is kneaded by hand and baked in a wood-fired oven. In Didier's bakery, we rediscover the flavors of yesteryear. You'll be able to taste "cotancinettes", a kind of breadstick, lemon and orange breads and many other specialties. You can find these delicious products by ordering them online or by visiting one of our drop-off points. Didier takes his deliveries by the back door.

Located just 5 minutes from Saint-Etienne by car, the Coin des Producteurs is the ideal alternative to the classic market. Here, local farmers come to sell their farm produce directly from the nursery of the Reynaud Fleurs shop. Vegetables, fruits, meats, cereals, yoghurts, jars, wines... You will find only fresh and seasonal food, as well as organic products! Artisanal ice creams, ewe's milk sausages or aromatic plants, you will easily be tempted by new flavours. The producers themselves manage the point of sale, so don't hesitate to ask about the origin and manufacture of the products on offer!

Marie-Odile and Philippe Doron are craftsmen who rigorously select fruit from producers or cooperatives in the Loire, Rhône-Alpes or other regions. All the art of the jam maker is to transform in order to sublimate the basic products. Jams and syrups come to satisfy our pleasure of sugar, but not only, since some light or chocolate preparations are offered to our future toasts. Where to buy ? On the spot or via the online store!

Aude, from Brittany, is passionate about pastry and pancakes. It itself manufactures a range of biscuits: Maro 'ricans with chocolate nuggets, black wheat spritz, Viennese sandwiches, mini-glasses with blueberry jam… and other cakes for the pleasure of gourmets. Every year, Aude creates the event with his companion by presenting a new box on the Christmas market. These delicious biscuits, for sale at the Marolaise Break, can be enjoyed in the adjacent tea room. Don't hesitate to stop, because besides the visit of this charming village, you can take a gourmet break.

Marie Charbonnier has created her saffron farm near Saint-Héand, cultivating the little plant with its purple flowers and red gold pistil. You can learn how to plant saffron bulbs in June and July and take part in the harvest in October to transform the pistils into this precious spice. This is the right place to learn all about its benefits and culinary advantages. With the purchase of pistils, Marie entrusts you with some recipes! Marie Les Epices also offers cider vinegar, mustard or tea jelly... with saffron of course.

Le Quart d'heure paysan offers for sale the products of the surrounding farms. You will find organic vegetables from Ulric Sage, producer in Savas; fruits from Jérôme Pasquio, from Colombier-le-Cardinal; charcuterie from Henri Cellier in Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, beef from Virginie Jourjon in Rochetaillée, yoghurts and cow's milk cheeses from Chrystèle Margot in Saint-Genest-Malifaux, goat's milk cheeses from the Ferme du Champ, in Saint-Régis-du-Coin ; the ice creams of the Délices foréziens, in Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes, the snails of Corinne Michel of Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue, the wines of Lupe, the products of the Ruche de Bourg Argental... A good address for local consumption.

Created in 1991, the Gorges de la Loire honey house offers a wide range of honeys, homemade gingerbread, candies, royal jelly, pollen and propolis. Gilles, Pierrick and Frédéric are particularly vigilant about the quality of the products, and analyses are regularly carried out. Their work has been rewarded with several medals for their honeys. Approved by the network of educational farms, several formulas for visits are available to discover the world of bees. A very pleasant moment with good products!

Located in Génilac, Monts Délices is a shop of producers from the Loire Valley. Based on the direct sale of farm products, the shop offers a wide choice of fresh products and groceries. Vegetables, fruits, meats, salmon, snails, yoghurts, sorbets... according to the season and your desires. The choice in the grocery store is remarkable: flours, cereals, pâtés, honey, spreads, soups, enough to make up a good family meal. The cellar offers a small assortment of beers and wines. Very pleasant, the producers are attentive to consumers and happy to be able to pass on their terroir through their know-how. The substantial marrow of the flavours of the Loire!

Maison Patrick Font's range of tasting juices offers all the sensations of fresh fruit. Sourcing 70% of their fruit from within a 60 km radius of the workshop, and setting up partnerships with local producers, Romain Font and his sister Marine offer a range of tasting juices available in fine grocery stores and wine merchants in Lyon, served in the best restaurants and on your table thanks to the online boutique. Discover the new Patrick Font lemonade with peppermint infusion.

Corinne welcomes you to the Valours garden to share her knowledge of permaculture and seeds. This versatile farmer offers personalized one-day training sessions for amateur gardeners, in order to design a fertile vegetable garden that respects nature, and to develop food autonomy. She also grows her own organic seeds in unploughed soil and by limiting watering and weeding to obtain seeds of exceptional quality and resistance.

Created by Thomas Gagnaire, a young entrepreneur from Saint-Etienne, the online grocery store La Boge du Forez offers fresh, seasonal and 100% made in Loire products! In your basket, you will find about twenty Loire producers: sweet and savoury groceries, fruits, vegetables, drinks, dairy products, meat and alcohols. The foodstuffs, from organic or sustainable agriculture, are produced in the south of the department. Delivery is free (minimum 20 €) and possible in 17 communes by choosing the day and time. Or how to consume local in one click!

La Ferme de Travorche in Leigneux offers a wide range of farm produce for direct sale. Michelle and Olivier Thomas raise pigs, poultry and lamb in the open air. Their charcuterie is produced in the traditional way, without coloring or preservatives. Their selection includes pork chops, roasts, sausages and caissettes, as well as whole and cut-up chickens and retail lamb. Their products are also available in farmers' stores in St-Etienne, St Germain Laval and Sorbiers, and at markets in Roanne and Noirétable.

Ferme Margot is a farmers' market located in Saint-Genest-Malifaux. The store offers a wide range of products, all made in the traditional way, without colorants or preservatives. The farm's flagship products include pork, with sausages, grillades, filet mignons and charcuterie, such as pâté de campagne, pâté de tête, pâté de couenne and dry sausages. The products are naturally air-dried at an altitude of 900 meters. Ferme Margot also offers piglets cut up and cooked in white wine for special events, and charcuterie platters for evenings out with friends.

The merits of Bissardon are constantly being praised. In addition to its craftsmanship, Bissardon has distinguished itself for more than ten years in major agricultural competitions. Bissardon works with local fruit: 95% of the fruit processed comes from local orchards. Apple-raspberry, reinette apple or cherry pure juice, these fruit juices breathe the Cellieu sunshine! Two authentic and creative ranges - Jean-Louis Bissardon and l'Arbre à jus -, and the last one, entirely organic, to be discovered : Organic hearts.