Since 1979, the CILVERPUY ( Interprofessional Committee of the Green Puy Lentil) has been working towards the development of the pearl of the Haute-Loire.

The CILVERPUY is composed of all the players in the sector who want to propose a product of irreproachable quality: the growers’ group, 2 packaging industrialists, farming associations and the local authorities concerned.

One statistic sums up the quality of this approach: In 1979 the Green Puy Lentil was moribund. In 2000, 83,000 quintals were produced by 1250 farmers on 3250 ha!
The CILVERPUY is a guarantee of the sector ‘s sustained development and of an irreproachable product for the consumer. It is the CILVERPUY that signed the specifications with the INAO for the A.O.C.

The 2 packets of Green PUY Lentils of the CILVERPUY member companies (AGRICEL, SABAROT WASSNER SA), have to be chosen by the consumer. For these 3 companies with the growers’ group, create the balance of a sector that is widely quoted as an example throughout the whole of France.