NICOLAS MESLYReporter · Photographer · Agronomist · Author
Terres d’asphalte — Nicolas MeslyÉDITIONS MULTIMONDES · 2022

Nicolas Mesly · Author

Terres d’asphalte

Quebec farmland under pressure

An essential investigation into Quebec farmland—under pressure from speculation, urban sprawl and a changing climate.

ISBN 978-2-89773-303-2 · 224 pages · Print, PDF and ePub
« Who really owns Quebec’s farmland? »

— Terres d’asphalte

Published by Éditions MultiMondes · 2022

Quebec farmland under pressure

Quebec’s northern garden is under pressure. In this investigative book, Nicolas Mesly follows the forces redrawing the land: surging land values, speculation, urban expansion, climate change and an increasingly fragile food supply.

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In development

Water, the defining issue of the 21st century

A forthcoming book built on more than twenty years of reporting and research into water, agriculture, climate and food security.

60+ documentary sources

Reporting, institutional papers, maps and data assembled in an official research inventory.

Nicolas Mesly

REPORTER · PHOTOGRAPHE · AGRONOME · AUTEUR

Nicolas Mesly

Nicolas Mesly is a Canadian reporter, photographer and agronomist based in Montreal. For more than twenty years, he has documented agri-food, ecological and human issues in Quebec and around the world.