Crazy cow, veal in hormones, transgene cereal and animal flours... The quality of our food is in the heart of the current events. The consumers worry and wonder.
Jacques Lefort chair scientist of Agropolis Muséum is of those that think that the scientists should not seize the knowledge but, when the measure of the possible, to share him(it) with the biggest number : " people have a demand of very strong information. I find normal that they can reach the knowledge allowing them to understand(include) and to exercise a control citizen ".
Agropolis museum, tool of broadcasting(distribution) of the knowledge goes to this sense(direction). Situated in the heart of Agropolis, pole of search(research) of Montpellier
, it is at the same moment a centre of broadcasting(distribution) of the scientific and technical culture and a museum of company(society).
Besides the permanent exhibitions Agropolis museum proposes temporary exhibitions, demonstrations, one "Cyber museum" where the guests can connect in hundred of Internet servers dealing with every presented subject.
It(he) welcomes all year of the school and the young people for animations, the studios(workshops) of sensory awakening, educational tools, games...
historic Fresco :
From the entrance(entry), a historic fresco allows to discover the most significant facts of the evolution of the agriculture and the food of the previous history of the man in our days.
Farmers and agricultures of the world :
A discovery of the various agricultural models in the world by the meeting of farmers and breeders, in dry or wet environment(middle), from the intensive farming to the extensive farming : is eight farmers who speak about their fields and about their tools.
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