What is it like to be a farmer in Switzerland

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when you think of Switzerland you think of the cheese the chocolate the amazing views these Green Fields yodeling echoing Through The Valleys falling asleep to cowbells you think of the Farms farming plays a central role in Swiss culture and Switzerland just wouldn't be Switzerland without it when I moved to Switzerland I couldn't work as a paramedic because I couldn't speak German so I started working for a farm couple widely is an organic grass-fed beef and lamb Farm located in central Switzerland and let me tell you farming in Switzerland is totally different than the us and this year I will be making a series of videos showing you what it's like to farm the Alps

thank you there's no better day to start the series than the first day of spring it's not actually the first day of spring but here on the farm it kind of is because today's the day that the cows come out of the barn for the very first time this year during the winter the cows are kept in the barn they have an outdoor patio area but it's just not the same as being out on the field the problem is the freezing and thawing of the winter just turns everything to Mud waiting around in mud is not good for the animals and it's not good for the land either in the spring after the snow melts and the land starts to dry the cows are brought back onto the fields and the valleys Echo with cowbells once again this is a pretty special day and the cows get pretty excited about it

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[Music] if you've ever had the opportunity to hike around in Switzerland you've probably noticed the cows are mostly fenced in with just a single strand of fencing and maybe you've wondered is that little fence really strong enough to keep in that big cow no definitely not this is an electric fence and if you touch it it'll give you a pretty good zap it's not strong enough to injure the cow but they don't like it either so they stay away sometimes when they get a little bit too excited they just kind of forget that fence is there and just run right through it and then you have cows everywhere and that's not good when cows come out of the barn as you can see they're very excited and this is one of those times that they might run through a fence this is Eric and Barbara they are the owners of Kabul widely and they've basically taught me everything I know about farming in Switzerland to help remind the cows that there's still a fence they put this flagging tape up but there's also some strategy going on here first they only let the adult cows out of the barn these cows have done this multiple years in a row and they know what's going on after these cows have blown off some energy and are a little bit tired they bring them back into the barn and then they release them all again with the cows and this is when things get a little bit exciting

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s were born in the winter and they only know life inside of the barn they've never been out on an open field like this because the cows have already had a chance to get their excitement out to help calm down the cow

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the cows are out of the barn this season has started and so has the series farming the Alps if you'd like to follow this adventure subscribe hit that notification button thank you so much for watching have a good one