Peer Schilperoord stellt sein neues Buch vor

Peer Schilperoord from Alvaneu is a biologist and has been working on alpine cereals and alpine crops since 1982, both from Graubünden and from all over Switzerland. He was managing director of the Gran Alpin cooperative for 11 years, carried out variety tests and actively worked on the history of cultivated plants in Switzerland.

In his new book, he devotes himself to this very history and portrays a selection of arable and vegetable plants: When did the cultivated plants arrive in Switzerland, how did they develop and which have been preserved? Only a very small part of the diversity of the last 250 years has been preserved in Agroscope's national gene bank. On the one hand, the book summarises the already published series "Cultivated Plants of Switzerland", and on the other hand, it traces and reflects on the developments that cultivated plants have undergone since they arrived in Switzerland, up to and including the upheavals in the twentieth century.

The book also shows the loss of diversity since 1900. With the use of artificial fertilisers and the emergence of hybrid varieties, the classic range of varieties came to an end, as the comprehensive and rich reference work shows.

Reservation requested until 26.9.

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