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One of the country’s leading supermarket chains, Co-op, sells a line of branded Swiss food products – milk, yogurts, meats, cheeses and more – that promotes sustainable mountain farming. Continue reading Retailer supports sustainable farming  My brother called me a food nerd today. I guess he’s right when I consider what I was doing to make him call me that. We are in Switzerland this week and today we were in a mountaintop restaurant above Zermatt, having lunch. As soon as my lunch arrived, the first thing I did was arrange the plate in front of me and then take a photograph of what was placed in front of me. I didn’t think much of it, really; after all, it’s become almost second nature to me to take photos of food and food products wherever I am – in restaurants, at markets and in stores. Continue reading A food nerd’s mountain top lunch
I originally wrote this article for the Byline, the newsletter of the American Agricultural Editors Association, but wanted to share it with readers of this blog as well. Continue reading A few thoughts on Canada |   | ||||
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Cows grazing on hillside pastures are a stereotypical – if often true – image of Switzerland. The Swiss are proud of their mountains and their pristine Alpine countryside. They’re also pretty serious about promoting homegrown food products.
Normally, my posts here are somehow related to food or farming. But this one is more about Canada than about the food and farming part of this blog – just today, in honour of our country’s birthday.