Family Ledergerber

Regional produce from the Schlattgut – offering a genuine farm experience

What is “regionality”?

Before we set off – just one question: did you know that, unlike the case for “bio”, there is no established definition of the term “regionality” in Switzerland?

For me, “regional” means having the entire value chain located within a single region – and the smaller the radius, the better. It would be desirable for everything to be produced within an individual commune or district, but this is often not possible. But as long as everything comes from within the same canton, that’s regional for me. Organic has never been an issue for us, because our parents focused on regionality already and built up the Schlattgut brand on this basis.

Regional products as a luxury

Over the past few years, we have been able to expand the marketing of our products even further through partnerships. We supply eggs to Confiserie Honold for their sandwiches and ice-cream to local swimming pools, for example. We are very fortunate in being members of The Living Circle, a group of luxury hotels and restaurants. Do you know the Storchen or Widder Hotels in Zurich? They both serve Schlattgut eggs for breakfast. This type of luxury, namely fresh products from our own farm that have travelled no further than 15 km and come from happy animals, constitutes the perfect example of regionality for me.