<div style="color:#333333;font-family:'돋움';line-height:20px;width:645px;"> <h1 style="font-size:30px;line-height:35px;margin:0px;color:#242b30;">French Farmers Grow Angry</h1> <div style="font-size:12px;text-transform:uppercase;margin:5px 0px 0px;font-family:arial, helvetica;height:25px;color:#666666;"><span style="display:block;font-family:arial, sans-serif;white-space:nowrap;float:left;color:#5c5c5c;margin-right:5px;"><b>NOV 6, 2014 </b><b>|</b></span><a class="comments" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#disqus_thread" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#5c5c5c;display:block;float:left;margin-right:5px;"><b></b></a><span style="width:auto;float:left;"><b></b></span> <div style="width:130px;float:left;margin-right:5px;"><b></b></div></div> <div style="font-size:13px;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;">French farmers unions organized a nationwide day of protest yesterday, staging demonstrations in villages and cities across France. Thousands turned out, expressing their anger at collapsing prices (due in part to sanctions against Russia), increased environmental regulations, cheap imports, and high costs. They took to the streets, dumping tons of produce, flinging manure on government buildings, burning effigies, and throwing apples at riot police. The farmers also urged their fellow countrymen to "eat French" and support local agriculture.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;">[<a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#00598c;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">25 photos</span></a>]</span></b></div> <div style="font-size:13px;"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br></span></b></div> <div><br></div> <div style="font-size:13px;"></div></div> <div style="color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;clear:both;font-size:11px;"><br></div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:'돋움';font-size:13px;line-height:20px;"></span> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#00598c;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f01_58500878.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:654px;" alt=""></a> <div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:975px;float:right;">Farmers dump pumpkins in front of an entrance to buildings of the Vaucluse prefecture in Avignon, southeastern France, on November 5, 2014, during a demonstration called by French farmers unions FNSEA (Federation Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles) and JA (Jeunes Agriculteurs). France experienced widespread farmer strikes across the country on November 5, protesting their increasing constraints and charges, the collapsing prices of cereals, milk and vegetables, caused in part by the sanctions on Russia, as well as rising fertilizer prices.(Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Imag</div> <div></div></div></div><span style="color:#333333;font-family:'돋움';font-size:13px;line-height:20px;"></span> <div style="color:#333333;font-family:'돋움';text-align:center;line-height:0;width:auto;margin-bottom:40px;font-size:0px;"> <div style="margin:0px auto;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f02_58447716.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""></div></div> <div style="color:#333333;font-family:'돋움';font-size:13px;line-height:20px;"> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"> <div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img02" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">2</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">A car burns in a bonfire during a protest by hundreds of farmers in Chalon-en-Champagne, France, on November 5, 2014.(Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img02" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f02_58447716.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f03_58447728.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img03" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">3</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Demonstrators throw apples at riot policemen during a protest of French farmers in Marseille, southern France, on November 5, 2014.(Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img03" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f03_58447728.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f04_58447762.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img04" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">4</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Riot policemen stand behind shields as pretesting farmers throw apples in Marseille on November 5, 2014.(Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img04" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f04_58447762.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f05_58500778.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:690px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img05" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">5</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Protesting farmers watch as a tractor flings manure on a government building in Toulouse on November 5, 2014.(Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img05" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f05_58500778.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f06_58500790.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:675px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img06" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">6</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers from the French farmers unions FNSEA and JA protest in Toulouse on November 5, 2014. (Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img06" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f06_58500790.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f07_58443110.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:633px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img07" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">7</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Hundreds of farmers march in protest on November 5, 2014 in Chalon-en-Champagne. (Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img07" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f07_58443110.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f08_RTR4CX3O.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:650px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img08" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">8</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">A child stands near tractors during a demonstration by French farmers in Strasbourg on November 5, 2014, as part of a national day of protest. (Reuters/Vincent Kessler) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img08" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f08_RTR4CX3O.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f09_58444002.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img09" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">9</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">A farmer holding a sign that reads "between agriculture and alimentation there is administration, find the problem" runs past a pile of burning hay and manure dumped outside the DDT (Direction Departementale des territoires) offices during a protest in Vesoul, France, on November 5, 2014. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img09" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f09_58444002.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f10_58443882.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img10" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">10</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers burn piles of hay and manure dumped outside the DDT (Direction Departementale des territoires) offices during a protest in Vesoul on November 5, 2014. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img10" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f10_58443882.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f11_RTR4CYX2.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:673px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img11" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">11</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">French farmers push barriers as they face French riot police during a demonstration in Marseille on November 5, 2014 as part of a national day of protest. (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img11" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f11_RTR4CYX2.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f12_58500846.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img12" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">12</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers throw newspapers next to a pile of pumpkins dumped in front of the Vaucluse prefecture in Avignon, on November 5, 2014.(Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img12" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f12_58500846.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f13_58447786.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:662px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img13" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">13</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">A man wearing a mask of French president Francois Hollande runs from a burning effigy of French Ecology minister Segolene Royal as members of the French farmers unions FNSEA and JA demonstrate in Dijon on November 5, 2014. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img13" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f13_58447786.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f14_58440444.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img14" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">14</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers demonstrate in Vesoul on November 5, 2014. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img14" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f14_58440444.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f15_58500884.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img15" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">15</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers stand next carrots dumped in front of the Vaucluse prefecture in Avignon on November 5, 2014.(Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img15" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f15_58500884.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f16_58440774.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img16" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">16</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers build a wall to block the main entrance of the DDT (Direction Departementale des Territoires) during a protest in Vesoul on November 5, 2014. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img16" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f16_58440774.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f17_58500768.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img17" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">17</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers protest in the city of Toulouse on November 5, 2014. (Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img17" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f17_58500768.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f18_RTR4CYZC.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:661px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img18" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">18</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">A man looks at a shopping trolley with a dead boar on top and several coypus (large rodents) inside during a demonstration of French farmers in Nantes on November 5, 2014. Animal rights activists were upset when several farmers were filmed using the coypus as props for the protest, dumping the animals, considered pests, on the street and kicking them. (Reuters/Stephane Mahe) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img18" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f18_RTR4CYZC.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f19_58448076.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:671px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img19" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">19</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">A man poses in front of the Marne department prefecture where manure has been sprayed on the walls during a farmer protest on November 5, 2014 in Chalon-en-Champagne. (Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img19" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f19_58448076.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f20_58446374.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:696px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img20" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">20</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers throw eggs at riot police next to burning tires in front of the prefecture of the Sarthe in Le Mans on November 5, 2014.(Jean-Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img20" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f20_58446374.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f21_58447774.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img21" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">21</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Riot policemen stand behind shields as demonstrators throw apples in Marseille on November 5, 2014.(Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img21" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f21_58447774.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f22_58444530.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:659px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img22" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">22</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Beatrice Abollivier, Charente-Maritime Prefect, speaks with farmers who gave her a calf as farmers from the French farmers unions FNSEA and JA demonstrate in La Rochelle on November 5, 2014. (Xavier Leoty/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img22" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f22_58444530.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f23_RTR4CVTL.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img23" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">23</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">People pick up potatoes distributed by French farmers during a protest at Republique square in central Paris, on November 5, 2014.(Reuters/Philippe Wojazer) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img23" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f23_RTR4CVTL.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f24_58456850.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img24" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">24</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;">Farmers block trucks they suspect are carrying foreign goods bound for the French market at a toll gate on the A10 motorway in Sorigny, France, on November 5, 2014. (Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img24" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f24_58456850.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;font-weight:bold;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></div> <div></div></div></div> <div style="padding:0px 0px 40px;clear:both;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#00598c;"></a><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/s_f25_58443660.jpg" style="border-style:solid solid none;border-width:2px 2px 0px;border-top-color:#000000;border-right-color:#000000;border-left-color:#000000;padding:0px;margin:0px;width:991px;display:block;height:660px;" alt=""><div style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;overflow:hidden;padding-top:5px;background:#222222;"></div> <div style="text-align:center;padding:3px 0px 10px;line-height:1em;width:54px;letter-spacing:-3px;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;float:left;font-size:2.5em;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img25" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:#9999a9;">25</a></div> <div style="padding:5px 10px 10px 0px;width:927px;float:right;"><b>A farmer from the French farmers union FNSEA passes by the main entrance of the DDT (Direction Departementale des territoires) with steaming piles of manure stacked outside during a protest in Vesoul on November 5, 2014. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/11/french-farmers-grow-angry/100847/#img25" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;">#</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/farm110614/f25_58443660.jpg" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff;display:inline;"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/i/lnk.jpg" style="border:none;" alt=""></a></b></div></div></div>