The best local producers Rhône-Alpes

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!

Close to Annecy, 15 minutes from the lake, gourmets can buy directly from the producer to find excellent products of the typical French soil: wines and snails. On his estate, Philippe Héritier grows vines and raises snails for the pleasure of gourmets who enjoy one with the other! As the grapes grow in an organic way, the snails are raised in the best conditions on the farm. All you have to do is take them home and enjoy them with a good bottle of wine.

Created in 1997, the integration enterprise Biau Jardin produces organic products on an area of 17 hectares. The offer is complete: seasonal vegetables and fruit, organic eggs, bread, fair trade products, natural health and beauty products and delicatessen. Everything is offered at the shop, which also accepts the doume, the local currency. Biau Jardin offers weekly baskets filled with seasonal vegetables and fruit, with a subscription system. There are many drop-off points for the baskets.

Here is the ideal address to shop for good local products sold directly by the producers themselves. Here, consumers find the taste of products brought by about fifteen passionate producers, often family farms where nature is respected. Seasonal vegetables and fruits, regional cow and goat cheeses, milk, yoghurts, white cheeses, meats and delicatessen, eggs, jams, soups, honey, wines and beers from Savoie or fruit juices. Enough to fill your basket, not to mention that the producers invite other vendors to offer other products of the same quality: chocolate, nuts, pasta, fish from Lake Geneva, snails ...

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.

The Espace Vignolis houses the store dedicated to the sale of its production with its tasting counter (oil, spreads and wines) as well as other local products, a museum of the olive tree (free visit) and an exhibition gallery. You will discover around the stone millstone and various presses, the instruments formerly used for the extraction of the oil and its conservation. A greedy and fascinating stopover. Many offers on the Internet.

It is a reference in terms of authentic and artisanal ravioles. The ravioles are small fresh raviolis filled with cheese and aromatic herbs in their classic version, originating from the Vercors region, and which now offer multiple variations... Store, free tasting and virtual visit of the production workshops at the Cité de la Raviole located in downtown Romans. A must for gourmets. 24-hour distributor in Mours-Saint-Eusèbe.

Stéphanie and Christian Rivière are passionate beekeepers. They will explain that their honey comes from borage, holly or hawthorn flowers. But for them, the sweetest of honeys remains that of the mountains. These specialists are also present at the fairs of Pleaux and Aurillac. You will find here only very good products: biscuits, sweets, gingerbread, madeleines, shortbread, cookies, all with honey of course! But also pollen and candles. They are present on many shows in France.

It is a producer store. Here you can find enough to fill your basket with seasonal fruits and vegetables and local products, meat and dairy products, groceries and drinks, bakery products, ice cream and frozen food, as well as cosmetics and fair trade products. We fell in love with André Pascal's blueberry coulis in Saint-Même and an assortment of "Les herbes folles" syrups, produced in Motz (serpolet, asperule and cuckoo), which can be drunk in cold or hot water, for incredibly exotic and original flavours. For 20 years now, direct sales, agricultural know-how and local production quality have been supported here through a fair trade system.

" We have a green thumb in the family ". It is undoubtedly thanks to this predisposition that Jean-Noël Berneau, a teacher by trade, has planted 20 hectares of olive trees on the steep lands of his Ardèche estate without any problem. About thirty varieties are thus present, forming a veritable conservatory of Ardèche varieties. Only about fifteen varieties are dedicated to the production of single variety oils. The estate is now in organic farming.

Gaudes, bressanes specialities, are roasted corn grains. The Gaudélices is a set of salty and sweet recipes based on gaudes flour. Impossible to miss, just steps from exit 7 of the motorway, this establishment as a gift package, with a small knot on the roof. A long glass corridor allows you to visit the workshops before accessing the shop. These recipes are also available in organic stores, tourist sites and motorway areas.

La Croix-Rousse is a neighbourhood that cultivates its spirit of independence, even when it comes to making its tea. An independent tea counter run by Elodie. A nice, uncluttered setting to focus on the essential, the product. Pleasant welcome to choose your tea in the best conditions with the best advice. Tasting of the day to make beautiful discoveries. Blends or pure teas from various origins (China, Thailand, Nepal, India ...). Beautiful tea boxes to share with family or friends. Magnificent cast iron teapots.

Fabrice Renier's establishment offers home-made cookies revisited with a local touch: the Tuilière (plain, raspberry or blueberry), the Sancy lava (crispy almonds), the égravats (caramelized almonds wrapped in chocolate). Not forgetting the chocolate postcard, which represents the Sancy and will make a very original gift! In the summer, you will be seduced by the original artisanal ice creams (Saint-Nectaire flavor, birlou...), in the winter, you will not miss the tasty madeleines with blueberry. Many products without gluten.

The first collective sales point created in the Rhône in 1978, Uniferme is one of the best solutions for buying farm products at the foot of the Monts du Lyonnais. No less than 18 farms are grouped together to offer consumers in the region a seasonal gourmet basket filled with fresh and tasty products: meat (chicken, duck, pork, beef, etc.), vegetables, fruit, cheese, wine, bread and honey. Animations and tastings to discover all the farm products and learn how to cook them.

In the heart of Chartreuse, the greedy and love of traditional products leads us to Notre-Dame-de-Chalais. It was here in 1962 that the Dominican monials created a biscuitery to support the community. On Wednesday, it is "oven day" with each time 420 kg of biscuits. Cookies packed the rest of the week, then sold on the spot at the Monastery of the Monastery or ship throughout France. With their know-how, the sisters make and market Chalais biscuits, which, like Proust's famous Madeleine, evoke the flavors of our childhood. Natures, without eggs, without preservatives and colorants, they are perfectly digestive and perfumed with the coconut pulp, honey flower, vanilla, orange or anis. Among all these delicacies is the Round 'gold, small pure butter butter with grapes with a fine flavor of rum… That sins to make us forgive! Rajout that the ride is absolutely magnificent and the buildings grandiose. 

Founded in 1991 by Limagrain, the Domaine de Limagne is responsible for all the stages, from production to sales. Jean-Fançois Panem, a former breeder, bought the company and runs it with a master's hand. The products come from ducks raised and processed on site. The products are fresh and of high quality: foie gras, confit, duck breast, stuffed neck, terrine... In spite of modern processing techniques, the breeding remains built on a traditional, peasant and artisanal model. The Domaine even offers its products delivered in D + 1, thanks to two slaughters per week.

The Amaranthe store is located in the heart of the Saint-Jacques commercial zone. Bernard makes a point of restoring a local business, its shelves are full of dietary products with salt-free and gluten-free products as well as sugar substitutes. You will also find organic products and fresh produce, fruit and vegetables in season, preferably from local producers. A bakery and a delicatessen department, but also cheeses, cereals, honeys and jams. Also cooking classes.

From the top of their medieval tower, Nelly and Pierre Choffrut carefully guard their hectares of garlic, onions and shallots. Through their passion as producers, they contribute to the protection of a little-known Auvergne heritage. Bulb cultivation! However, what would the kitchen be like without them? To go further, he offers recipes developed by them, such as Apér'ail, a registered trademark, where garlic is cooked and soaked in a preparation based on vinegar, mustard seeds, sugar and pepper. Perfect for a spicy aperitif! There are also confits and different vinegars of character!

The Raynal cookie factory is all about expertise. Here you'll find the famous carrés et croquants, pure butter shortbread cakes with a sweet taste that leaves no one indifferent. This cookie is a direct descendant of the products made in the Parc naturel régional des volcans d'Auvergne. It comes in clover, spade and heart shapes... Shapes that will amuse children. Raynal, an ace of squares or a square of aces!

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.

No, it is not a flour mill! It is olive oil that is at stake, and it is the fourth generation of the Froment family that is passionate about this production, but also the collections of bicycles and old vehicles presented to the public. The ancestral mill from 1900, one of the few mills in the south of France to have survived the harsh winter of 1956, gave way in 2009 to a new modern equipment, and it is now Alain Froment who is in charge. His Alpine granite millstone extracts extra virgin, green and black fruity oil, although the house specialty remains the ripe fruity. The crushing is done with a stone millstone, which allows a slow and soft extraction, in order to preserve the gustative and aromatic qualities of the fruits. Made with different local varieties of olives (rougette de l'Ardèche, négrette, béchude, dorée, l'ubac and blanche de Payzac), these oils are rich in aromas. Depending on the year, a hundred tons or more of olives are crushed. A must in Les Vans. At the Concours Général Agricole, organized every year during the Salon de l'Agriculture in Paris, in early March 2022, the olive oil from the Froment mill in Les Vans won a gold medal. Do not hesitate to discover the store, located on the spot, where you will be able to buy the artisanal olive oil of the Froment family, some derived products, and multiple products of the soil and the regional products.

A lovely name for a fine Savoyard fruit-producing company, which has been established in the commune for over 30 years. Thomas Le Prince is the real name of the founder; the family business is now run by his son Marc. The company mainly produces apples and pears, under various labels (IGP, sustainable agriculture or organic), but also cherries, raspberries, quinces and strawberries. You can find these delicacies in the store, on the Vallières site, and in supermarkets that select regional products.

Apiflor makes small aperitif and crunchy shortbread from Auvergne. The first one was with honey and since then we find them with hazelnut, chocolate, walnut, salted butter caramel flavors. The range of products also proposes cakes. You will have the curiosity to taste the aperitif cakes with Auvergne cheeses. All this melts in your mouth! The company's wish is to source its products as close as possible to local producers, according to its IFS Food and AB labels. Before 11am, the visit allows to discover the production behind the windows of the workshop.

On this farm you will find certified organic agricultural products - poultry, eggs, lambs, goats. Visit possible by appointment. Rooms and guest table.

In the hélicicole farm, which can be visited from 1 June to 30 September, snails can be acquired in different forms and packaging on demand for professionals. The general public will have the choice between two dozen packs, short-bouillonnés snails in verrines and toaster preparation, house specialty, «escargotine».

In the middle of the old presses and millstones, the old mill now houses the shop. A state of the art mill allows us to crush the olives within three days of harvesting and to produce a range of extra virgin Nyons PDO oils, from the sweetest to the fruitiest. A video recounting the four seasons of the olive, a shop where you can stock up on home-made olive oil and a multitude of other local products awaits you.

A must of the Ardèche chestnut grove! More than 65 specialities compete for the spotlight: PDO chestnuts in their natural state, in cream, in syrup, in flour, in liqueur... There is also a gourmet collection of around twenty jams and jellies made from fruit from the orchard or the mountains. Also on the shelves: lamb meat, beers and Ardèche wines. You can visit the chestnut grove and the processing workshop before savouring the specialities which you will be sure to stock up on afterwards so that you can enjoy the Ardèche at home...

In her beautiful farmhouse at Les Echaffis, at an altitude of 1,400 m, Nicole treats gourmets at snack time, either hot or cold, with mulled wine, hot and cold drinks and home-made pastries. Her speciality are the jams that can be found on all the gourmet tables of the country: chestnut, blueberry and raspberry jams or flower jams with, for example, a delicious elderberry jam. A marvel not to be missed and that we hasten to buy in the shop on the spot.

Le Père Craquant was a famous pastry chef from Saillans, whose real name was Jean Eynard, who operated in the 1920s. Improving on the traditional recipe for almond croquettes, he invented a cookie so good that its fame spread beyond France's borders. Today, Craquant remains crisp and delicious, and is available in four versions: plain with almonds, almonds and chocolate, and with orange or lemon peel. Also on the shelves: navettes and meringue macaroons.

Gourmet discovery of a Dauphiné biscuit factory created by Maurice Louvat in 1954 and taken over by the children Maryvonne and Gérard Louvat. Cakes, pastry meringues, coconut rocks, meringue macaroons, dry petits fours, Dauphinois shortbread, chocolate chip palets, marmalade glasses... are made by hand according to traditional recipes. We fell in love with their new creation, the "Bounty of the Alps". Guided tour, films are on the program. The shop also offers various regional products.

Petit Smart enjoys its shops that bloom in the villages and present, in an attractive point of attraction, beautiful and good products from the surrounding farms. Easy parking and a shop where you can find everything you need to prepare a delicious meal or a hiker's snack: charcuterie, poultry, fat ducks, cheeses, fruit and vegetables on the stalls. We take his cart and we use it! Besides, a bakery that is so tasty to complement the country's accents.

Located at the Col du Fût d'Avenas, at an altitude of 762 m, the honey house offers you the fruit of its bees' gathering: more than 10 varieties of honey extracted and put in jars, directly on the farm. Hundreds of beehives transhumance in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to offer a wide range of tastes and colors. Rich glass to discover the secret life of bees. Gingerbread, pollen, mead, royal jelly ... to vary the pleasures.

Welcome by appointment. Jean-Paul will show you the techniques of extracting honey and will make you taste his products. He makes honey and mead, of course, but also proposes royal jelly, spices, candles and other derivatives.

At a time when bees are endangered, here is a honey house that we recommend you discover to get to know this fantastic and greedy world better. Educational panels, a glass hive, old hives, photos, and a demonstration of extraction will help you discover the world of bees and the profession of beekeeper. This teaching, which lasts nearly 2 hours, will end with a tasting of the products of the honey house: honey, mead, candies, gingerbread and honey shortbread...

What about going to the strawberry fields for a gourmet picking? This is what Maurice and Brigitte suggest. On the spot, you can buy the good products of the farm, in particular the fruits of the season (strawberries, raspberries, cherries, vine peaches, plums, mirabelle plums...), but also processed products (jams, syrups, fruits in juice...). The farm also offers a 3 épis rural gîte (2 rooms for 4 people) to stay on site in complete independence.

Jean-Joseph has been awarded the "Produit du Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne" label. Here you'll find top-quality honey from a variety of crops: mountain, lime and chestnut honey in all shapes and sizes. Original products like honey vinegar or pastries, and the inevitable mead, sweet, semi-dry or syrupy. Boxes are also available, an idea for an original gourmet gift. Present at local markets.

Fabien Husser is a passionate person, regularly rewarded for his work and the quality of his products. In the middle of his bees, in the north of the Cantal, he wants to be in phase with nature, hence the choice of the Organic Agriculture label and that of the LPO (League for the Protection of Birds). The visit of the farm is an enchantment to return to the essential things. You can taste some of the products. The shop offers honey, sweets, cosmetics... A must see!

In the heart of the Aillons-Margériaz resort in Savoie, the Ferme des Chiens de Traîneaux invites you to experience unforgettable moments in its company. For many years, they have been organizing fun activities for groups, families or friends wishing to discover the wonderful world of polar dogs. These nature and animal lovers will accompany you on sledding outings, go-karting or educational tours, and share their knowledge and expertise with you.

Located in Copponex, Ferme de Chosal is an educational farm run by the AAPEI-EPANOU association and open from April to October, 7 days a week from 9am to 6pm. It offers a wide range of activities for young and old alike: Land'Art trails, barefoot trails, animal visits, birthday parties, vacation mini-internships and nights in cabins. The farm also sells vegetables, local produce, flowers and seedlings. Ferme de Chosal is an ideal destination for discovering farm life.

Since 2024, a renovated direct sales space in downtown Anneyron for produce from the Allegrets farm. The first strawberries and asparagus in spring, ratatouille vegetables in summer, fruit for jam and squash in autumn. Here, seasonal fruit and vegetables are available month by month, affordable and rich in flavour and vitamins. At Les Allegrets, Samuel Baron and his brother Jérôme cultivate their land pesticide-free. In the boutique, Mélanie and Lydie welcome you.

Thierry Paris holds the quality label awarded by the founding members of the Collège Culinaire de France, and has won national and regional awards for his duck foie gras. All his specialties are made without preservatives or colorants. Estouffade de bison d'Auvergne aux mousserons, pompe aux grattons de canard for your aperitifs, pounti auvergnat, cassoulet, among others. In the boutique, they rub shoulders with exceptional products that he and Nathy carefully select. Summer truffles, Sturia caviar, regional wines. Gift sets.

Grenoble-Alpes Métropole is a fertile breeding ground for innovative ideas. Let's head for Eybens and Saint-Martin-d'Hères, with two urban mushroom farms developed by Hamid, an agronomist, and Maxime, a graduate of Grenoble Ecole de Management, the creators of Champiloop. It's a project with great values for people and nature, bringing producers and consumers together in the heart of the city. A project that allows us to enjoy organic oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, with many delicious recipes on the website. You can even take part in an introductory workshop on home-grown mushroom production. Urban agriculture becomes reality.

Fortunately, Vieux Lyon is home to a number of nuggets that are easy to find and where you can treat yourself to the very best. Secrets d'Apiculteur is a unique boutique whose shelves are bursting with 100% natural honeys. It's your turn to browse in a store where you can let yourself be guided: summer maquis honey from Corsica, lychee honey from Madagascar, bergamot honey from Calabria... Flavors that take us on a journey in the mouth and in the dishes we cook, according to the advice of our favorite beekeepers. On the shelves, a honey jam by Philippe Bruneton, honey cookies made in Lyon, French gins with honey and honey-based cosmetics.

Safran du Val d'or - l'épice d'automne is a local producer located in Albon, Drôme. In a verdant setting, you can discover a wide range of products derived from saffron, including jams, chutneys and confectionery. The store is open all year round by appointment.

As part of the Bienvenue à la ferme network, the Gaec de Brette Vieille offers direct sales of the farm's products: goat's milk cheeses at different stages of maturation and in different preparations (garlic, pepper, curry...), goat charcuterie, honeys, walnuts, walnut oil, lavender essential oil, cosmetics... Discover a farm surrounded by lavender fields, walnut orchards and goats. Present at the Saint-Nazaire market in summer. Two self-catering cottages on the farm.

Founded by the Meynier family in 2001. Les Grands Goulets' old-fashioned ravioles, made with good local produce, are larger than the usual ravioles. The filling is present and generous. You'll appreciate their authentic, herbaceous flavor, their melt-in-the-mouth pastry and their cardboard box. A wide range: with porcini mushrooms, Vercors Sassenage blue cheese, spinach, snails, artichokes, morels... Come to the source!

What if we went to paradise? A very real paradise, created by Laure and Hervé. Impossible to classify this address which is as much a place to live as a place to learn about nature, and a place to savor the fruits, well the jams, the syrups, the dried fruits, the fruit jellies, the herbal teas... Everything is homemade of course from the plants and trees of a permaculture garden respectful of nature. And to create your own paradise of biodiversity in your garden, Laure offers courses, workshops and conferences.

Between Mieussy and Taninges, take the narrow road along the Giffre to discover an original farm, l'Escargotière d'Arno. Arnaud Deransy has an unusual herd of horned animals: snails! You can visit the farm in summer (book at the tourist office), and above all taste and buy delicious products made with the famous snails in the on-site workshop. Escargots "à la bourguignonne" in shell or cRoquille, flavored Apéri'croq and Escapéro, not forgetting Escargotine for spreading on toast.