Born into a family of Bresse, his grandfather, Claude Goujon, was Director of meeting in Dijon, his father, Claude Alexandre Goujon, agriculture from Bourg-en-Bresse.

Pike, perch, river crabs, snails, poultry from Bresse, Charolais beef or game, redcurrants, blackcurrants, honey cake, Chaource and Epoisses cheese are all specialties of the local cuisine of both Burgundy and Franche-Comté.

Poultry from Bresse, guinea fowls from Drôme and fish from the Dombes lakes and mountain in Rhône-Alpes streams are key to the cuisine as well.

Chicken " sashimi ", known as toriwasa, is considered by some to be a delicacy ; the Nagoya kōchin, French poulet de Bresse and its American derivative, the blue foot chicken, are favored by many for this purpose, as, besides their taste, they are certified to be free of Salmonella.

The manufactures consist of iron goods, mineral waters, tallow, soap and earthenware, and there are flour mills and breweries ; and there is considerable trade in grain, cattle and poultry – Poulet de Bresse.

The wines are often paired with the local AOC designated chicken from the nearby town of Bresse.

Besides, " Saracen chimneys " () are a typical local architecture feature of Bresse, a region in Eastern France.

The majority of the regions vineyards are found at altitudes between 820-1, 310 ft ( 250-400 m ) between the plains of the Bresse region and the Jura Mountains.

Bresse is noted for the 1, 200, 000 chickens per year which are raised primarily outdoors by 330 stockbreeders, with a minimum of 10 square metres per bird.

Bresse chickens are noted as the best for quality chicken for cooking.

The traditional festival costumes of Bresse are preserved by historical societies.

# Beatrice of Savoy, called Beatrice of Bâgé, she married in 1289 to Giacomo de Candia, Lord of Bresse and Count of Ventimiglia, and took residency near Chambéry-Le-Vieux at the Chateau de Candie by the L ’ ombre Paradise ; they had a son François de Candie ; and after becoming a widow, she re-married to Manfred III of Saluzzo

Louis accordingly tried to break the two apart, by offering the hand of his elder daughter, Anne, to Charles, that of his younger daughter, Joan, to Edward's youngest brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and that of his brother-in-law, Philip of Bresse, to Margaret.

In 1272 they receive the Bresse and – by the Treaties of Paris in 1355 – the territories Dauphiné and Gex on the right bank of the Rhône.

Ain is a department of geographic contrasts: In the north the plain of Bresse is bordered by the river Saône and rises slightly towards the north-east.

Raised to the rank of a free town in 1250, it was at the beginning of the 15th century chosen by the dukes of Savoy as the chief city of the province of Bresse.

In the mid 15th century, France was significantly smaller than it is today, and numerous border provinces ( such as Roussillon, Cerdagne, Calais, Béarn, Navarre, County of Foix, Flanders, Artois, Lorraine, Alsace, Trois-Évêchés, Franche-Comté, Savoy, Bresse, Bugey, Gex, Nice, Provence, and Brittany ) were autonomous or foreign-held ( as by England ); there were also foreign enclaves, like the Comtat Venaissin.

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In particular have to be mentioned the Bresse poultries (" volaille de Bresse "), the mold cheese (" Bleu ") of Gex, Grièges and the Bresse, carps and sturgeons of the Dombes region as well as the wine of the Bugey.

The cheese, Bleu de Bresse originates here.

For example, Bresse chickens, Jura cheeses, small goods, spices, produce of every variety as well as seasonal specialties such as truffles.

Although looking ahead, Ain attaches nevertheless great importance to its historical and cultural heritage as illustrate its gastronomy ( restaurant of Georges Blanc in Vonnas ), its annual poultry competitions in the Bresse (" the three glorious ") and its tourism ( 346 classified monuments such as the famous church of Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse, 14 museums of France, eco-tourism and ski tourism ).

The emblematic poultry industry in the Bresse employs only 350 persons.

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* January 17 – France gains Bresse, Bugey and Gex from Savoy, ceding Saluzzo in exchange.

He became count of Savoy in 1268, and in 1272 he also acquired the County of Bresse.

Through his marriage to Sybilla, Countess of Bugey and Bresse, he was able to incorporate these Burgundian districts into his states.

After the Duke had started talks with Spain, Henry threatened to reopen the war until, with the Treaty of Lyon ( January 17, 1601 ), Saluzzo went to Savoy in exchange for Bresse and other territories over the Alps.

Although in previous reigns, younger sons of Savoy had been granted rich appanages in Switzerland ( Genevois, Vaud ), Italy ( Aosta ), or France ( Nemours, Bresse ), the Savoy dukes found that this inhibited their own aggrandizement while encouraging intra-dynastic strife and regional secession.

Although in previous reigns, younger sons had been granted rich appanages in Switzerland ( Genevois, Vaud ), Italy ( Aosta ), or France ( Nemours, Bresse ), the Savoy dukes found that this inhibited their own aggrandizement while encouraging intra-dynastic strife and regional secession.

Ain is composed of four geographically different areas ( Bresse, Dombes, Bugey and Pays de Gex ) which – each with its own characteristics – contribute to the diversity and the dynamic economic development of the department.

In the east the mountain chain of the southern Jura overlooks the plain of Bresse.

The agricultural industry, mainly located in the Bresse, counts for more than 5, 000 employees.

The hôtel de ville contains a library and the Lorin museum with a collection of pictures, while another museum has a collection of the old costumes and ornaments characteristic of Bresse.

The pillars of the agro-industry are an efficient agriculture providing for a significant number of high quality products as well as the presence of several leading companies of this branch.

As the name may suggest, the university offers many excellent programs considered among the top in the country including agriculture, agro-industry, forestry, fishery and engineering.

Even though they do not compete directly with cultivated plants, sometimes winter annuals are considered a pest in commercial agriculture, because they can be hosts for insect pests or fungal diseases ( ovary smut – Microbotryum sp ) which attack crops being cultivated.

These loans are targeted at reducing the budget deficit, stabilizing the local currency ; developing private businesses ; energy ; the agriculture, food processing, transportation, and health and education sectors ; and ongoing rehabilitation work in the earthquake zone.

The philosophy is founded on the notion that human society originates with the development of agriculture, and societies are based upon " people's natural prospensity to farm.

These activists also point out that heavy subsidization of developed nations ' agriculture and the aggressive use of export subsidies by some developed nations to make their agricultural products more attractive on the international market are major causes of declines in the agricultural sectors of many developing nations.

Moreover they argued that some species have been created for the purpose of being sacrificed and eaten by humans, that it is normal for animals to kill and eat other animals, that agriculture, too, inevitably leads to the death of many animals, that plants are living beings as well and must still be destroyed, that we unintentionally and unknowingly destroy life forms all the time, and that a hunted animal has a fair chance to survive by killing the hunter.

Some Jains abstain from farming because it inevitably entails unintentional killing or injuring of many small animals, such as worms and insects, but agriculture is not forbidden in general and there are Jain farmers.

The national labour-force is estimated at 12, 770, of whom approximately 59. 4 % work in the service sector but less than 0. 6 % are estimate to work in agriculture ( the balance in industry ).

There is no largescale agriculture, and most agricultural products are consumed domestically.

Although agriculture is almost all in private hands, farms are small and inefficient, and the republic traditionally is a net importer of food.

The strongest sectors are energy, mining, metallurgy, machine building, agriculture and tourism.

They are most often found in schools of public health, affiliated with schools of medicine, forestry, or agriculture, or as a focus of application in departments of statistics.

Weeds are a considerable problem in agriculture, and botany provides some of the basic science used to understand how to minimize ' weed ' impact in agriculture and native ecosystems.

However, while increases in crop yield are the most obvious applications of modern biotechnology in agriculture, it is also the most difficult one.

Most of the current commercial applications of modern biotechnology in agriculture are on reducing the dependence of farmers on agrochemicals.

However, most vegetation has now been converted to agriculture and forest fragments are now restricted to areas where cultivation is not possible, such as mountain peaks and steep slopes.

# Aqueducts: water supply canals that are used for the conveyance and delivery of potable water for human consumption, municipal uses, and agriculture irrigation.

Canals are still used to provide water for agriculture.

The philosophy is founded on the notion that human society originates with the development of agriculture, and societies are based upon " people's natural prospensity to farm.

In this formation, the council is composed of ministers from each state government who are responsible for this area: the agriculture and fisheries ministers.

Areas where shifting cultivation or slash and burn agriculture are practiced are generally only fertile for 2 – 3 years before they are abandoned.

Given the rugged terrain of Ngazidja and Nzwani, and the dedication of extensive tracts to agriculture on all three islands, population pressures on Comoros are becoming increasingly critical.

All three sectors of the Cretan economy ( agriculture / farming, processing-packaging, services ), are directly connected and interdependent.