Swiss-themed cow bells are displayed for sale inside a souvenir store in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. The Swiss National Bank will abolish its franc ceiling once it starts raising ...

A plastic cow statue sits on a trailer near Collex-Bossy, with placards reading in French "Pricey food? No to the useless livestock initiative" and "Animal welfare? We are already taking care of it, ...

Proponents argue a ban would protect the environment by reducing farms’ reliance on soya-based animal feed that has been linked to widespread deforestation. Animal rights groups have also championed ...

Their findings came as the Federal Agriculture Office announced that nearly ten per cent of agricultural land in Switzerland is now farmed organically, compared to a European Union average of four per ...

WINTERTHUR, CH / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2025 / Lucky Shrimp AG, a Switzerland-based aquaculture company, today announced the launch of its sustainable, closed-loop shrimp farming facility in ...

The reason why Switzerland is a hotbed of agricultural technology is due to the encouragement from the Swiss economics ministry. The government department has called on farmers to embrace a “digital ...

Voters in Switzerland Sunday rejected the Factory Farming Initiative, which would have banned factory farming for domestic and imported meat. 62.86 percent of voters decided against the proposal.

As someone who has spent the last 20 years exposing the really rather astonishing gaps in the approvals process and protection system for agricultural pesticides – both here in the UK and in the EU – ...

The Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday that mostly small farm holdings were affected. Since 2000, Switzerland has seen a 12 per cent decrease in the total number of farms. However, the size of ...

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a referendum motion that would have put an end to factory farming in the country. Almost two-thirds of those who cast a ballot opposed the initiative, which would ...

Yet the 40-year-old farmer fears he may soon be forced to either dramatically change how he raises birds, or shut down his farm altogether. On Sept. 25, the Swiss go to the polls to vote on an ...