When on March 16, 2020 the Covid 19 imposes confinement, the professional life of Jean-Louis Savignol rocking. He who since Ariège has been breeding horses while providing lodgings and guest rooms, at the same time marketed birch sap. An energizing product that a journalist once called “natural Red Bull”. A niche product for top athletes. A product that has become a main source of income for the farmer, former rugby player at Stade Français, his wife Christine, a former athlete of the French athletics team in 4×100 and his daughter.
It is a natural drink that comes out of the trees and that we re-discover. It improves the immune system, fixes proteins, brings minerals and trace elements “
– Arnaud De Grave
Their tourist activities being at a standstill, they have invested several tens of thousands of euros, planted birches and built a specific laboratory to transform the sap of the tree.
We make a sanitized sap with charlotte, gloves, gown, boxes etc … in short, everything you need to prevent germs from being transmitted “
Their laboratory is located in the middle of Pyrenees regional natural park. Their company “Ariège organic birch sap” is preparing for the rugby world cup market and the Olympic Games.
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