She went back to school at the end of the 90’s and studied agricultural management. The Women’s Farmers Association named her Farmer of the year in education. She participated in setting up the second farmers’ union, the Union paysanne in 2001. She focusses on ecological agriculture in permaculture. Her main areas of responsibility at Union paysanne are the legalization of raw milk, food sovereignty and women in agriculture. She worked at the international level when she attended a meeting in Mexico among the Zapatistas. Each year, Sylvie and her family receive a teenager from a different country to live with them and do French-immersion for the last year of high school. It is a great way for the teen to learn French and a wonderful experience for Sylvie’s four children.