Woman Living near Factory Farm in Lescout, France

Near the village of Lescout there is a big hen factory farm, currently farming 185,000 hens. A line of trees and the small river the Sor separate the hen factory farm affecting the village of Lescout from some of its nearest houses. One of them belongs to Hélène Catala, 46 years old, a nurse living and working in village. This old mill facing the Sor is just a few hundred meters from the farm. The extractor fans are on the side of the farm facing the river and Lescout. Hélène’s life, according to her, is affected by the smell coming from the facility on a daily basis. “The main issue for us is the smell. Sometimes I ask myself: what is going on next to our home?”