Exciting visit to an alpine dairy production system in Samnaun 🇨🇭 40 cows graze on summer pastures, milking takes place at Alp Bella at 2,380 meters, one of highest summer dairy farms. Milk is transported via an underground pipeline > 3 km to the dairy at 1700 m, where cheese and more is produced
Picturesque system, but not without serious problems. "... the world needs to begin by rethinking our approaches to livestock production, shifting towards plant-rich diets ..." www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Fully agree, see for example bsky.app/profile/robe.... Reducing livestock production is key for more sustainable agriculture. But summer alpine farming comes with various environmental and social benefits that need to be considered too in such steps doi.org/10.1016/j.ag....