Among them is goat farmer Bertin Moret.
He and his fellow farmers argue they're unable to make a decent living as they say they're disproportionately affected by falling incomes, high inflation and are unable to compete with cheap imports.
While the overarching aim of the protest movement is to pressure the government, what Moret really wants is for his fellow countrymen to take notice.
"So what I expect from this movement is, and I might surprise you, but it's not necessarily a reaction from politicians, from whom I think I'm not expecting much - rather it's reactions from consumers. And I think that the real power lies. What can really change is really that we, the consumers, because I am also part of that, it is our way of consuming and therefore of buying French products. We need support not only in the polls, but also on the shelves and buying local products. People need to buy local products and place a high value on French products and French agriculture. And I hope that this movement will make consumers aware that what is important is to promote French agriculture by purchasing French products."
The 39 year-old farmer, who lives and works in a small town between Paris and Reims, has 200 goats.
He took back the family farm in 2016 with his cousins, but like so many he struggles to make ends meet, as he explains.
"It's a bit difficult since our production costs have increased enormously in 2022, 2023 with increases of more than 20% in our production costs. And as we sell cheese directly to the consumer, increases in production costs have been difficult to pass on to our price of cheese and then at the same time, there has been a drop in consumption of goat cheese as it's a product for pleasure, it's not a basic necessity product."
In response, the government has dropped plans to gradually reduce subsidies on agricultural diesel and promised more aid. But farmers say that isn't enough.
Also at the heart of the protests are the EU's environmental policies.
Under current EU legislation, farmers are required to introduce environmental measures on a fifth of their land and sea by 2030.
To reach this goal, a chunk of around 4% of farmland has to remain fallow.
Although the Commission has also proposed exempting farmers from this for 2024.
"For me it's really peanuts, it's nothing. It's just temporary. So what happens next year? We'll just come back to the same problem as this year?... The problems will always be there and they are fundamental problems that do not change."
While tensions continue to escalate in France, protests are not contained to the country.
Farmers have also taken to the streets in other cities across the EU, including Spain, Italy and Greece.
