Knowledge about Swiss agriculture
Around 50,000 farms in Switzerland produce food for the population and maintain the country’s cultural landscapes. Whether valley or mountain farms, dairy cow or sheep farming, wheat fields, orchards or species-rich bee pastures – Swiss farming is diverse. It is also an important pillar for upstream and downstream sectors and thus for the entire food industry.
Food
Swiss farmers produce numerous high-quality foodstuffs for the population. Whether meat, milk and dairy products, vegetables, fruit or berries – there is the right food available for every diet. Discover the diversity of the natural power food of Swiss agriculture.
Animals
Numerous animals live on Swiss farms. Cows, pigs, goats and sheep as well as exotic species such as alpacas and water buffaloes contribute to a diverse agricultural sector. Livestock have become an integral part of Swiss agriculture and make an important contribution to the efficient use of our cultivated land. Get to know the different animals found on Switzerland’s farms.
Production
High-quality products are the most valuable asset of Swiss farming families. They therefore attach great importance to efficient and sustainable production – from the sowing stage right through to the harvesting of the final crop. Switzerland is home to some of the most stringent animal welfare laws worldwide in the area of animal production. We show you how farmers produce your food.
Environment
Sustainable food production is important to Swiss farmers.
Where cows thrive: life at the Vierbrunnenhof farm
Some 45 dairy cows live on the Vierbrunnenhof farm in the care of the Huber family.
Berries – the superfood from Switzerland
Superfoods are especially healthy foods – which often come from far away. But this doesn’t have to be the case: berries, in particular, also grow here.
The path to 270 chickens
Eveline Bachmann from Frauenfeld lives her passion to the full. She looks after 270 hens in mobile chicken coops.
