We have a thunderous speech delivered three years ago by eight AgroParisTech students at their graduation ceremony. Their call to abandon agribusiness could send lasting shockwaves. Moreover, health scandals continue to emerge, year after year. However, even as the crisis worsens, the spirit of rebellion seems to be fading in agronomy schools.
Théo Gangloff was just 10 years old when “horsegate” occurred in early 2013. Fifty thousand tonnes of horse meat was sold for beef in 16 European countries, including 800 tonnes in France. A real earthquake for a child whose grandparents were farmers, while his parents ran an artisanal biscuit factory specializing in bredele – this famous traditional Alsatian biscuit. “After the scandal, I remember starting to doubt everything I ate, both in the canteen and in restaurantshe said. I’m also afraid of being cheated. »
Twelve years later, here he is, a second-year engineering student at the National School of Agronomy and Food Industry (Ensaia), at the University of Lorraine, in Nancy. He chose to undertake work-study training at Nestlé Waters, several months before he was involved in a fraud case. The subsidiary of the Swiss giant admitted to using banned filtration techniques to purify its water. But that didn’t stop Theo. “When I arrived, September 2024, the company had stopped this processhe assured. Therefore, in my eyes, this matter is closed. »
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