Each autumn Switzerland’s cattle leave their high pastures for the valleys. The journey, known as a désalpe in French-speaking Switzerland and an Alpabzug in German-speaking areas, has become one of ...

The average Swiss consumes about 50 pounds of cheese per year. With that, locals of alpine villages in Valais, a canton in southwestern Switzerland, don’t need an excuse to eat raclette, a wheel of ...

Each September, residents and visitors alike celebrate as Swiss cows are led back down from their summer pastures in the Alps ...

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Switzerland raises about 1.5 million cattle in a country where only about one-third of the land is used for crop farming. That reality shaped how towns grew, how food moved, and how farmers earned ...