Weltacker Bern

Since May 2021, visitors have been able to experience how our food grows and the impact of different diets on the environment, climate and landscape on a 2000 m² cultivation area along Wahlenallee in Zollikofen. A place that invites you to think, learn and act – in the middle of the Rütti estate.

The Global Field can be seen from the air. The city of Bern is in the background and the Swiss Alps can be seen behind it.
Aerial view of Global Field Bern (©Martin Zbinden)
A small child and an elderly lady stand together in front of a table with a globe and look into various drawers.
Young and old explore the Global Field (©Global Field Bern)

What Global Field Bern offers

  • 50+1 crops on one area: The Bernese Global Field shows the 50 most common arable crops worldwide on a true-to-scale basis – and an additional, special culture: the respectful and value-oriented treatment of nature and each other.
  • Education that moves: the dedicated & creative team of experts and volunteers makes the field a lively place of learning. Both schoolchildren and adults will find many exciting discoveries and aha experiences here.
  • Participate and create: Global Field thrives on the participation of its visitors. Whether through voluntary work, creative projects or simply by visiting.
Review of the 2023 Bernese Global Field season

A place for networking

Thanks to its proximity to INFORAMA Rütti, the vocational training and competence center for agriculture of the Canton of Bern, and the University of Applied Sciences for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Sciences (HAFL), the location offers an ideal breeding ground for mutual support and knowledge exchange.

Five members of the Bern Global Field team laugh at each other.
The Weltacker team (©Global Field Bern)

Our sponsor: The OGG Bern

The Oekonomisch Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft(OGG Bern) is the initiator and sponsor of the Weltacker Bern and is supported by the dedicated association Global Field Bern, which is passionately committed to its further development.

Living diversity, taking responsibility

Global Field Bern not only wants to grow different crops, but also to promote diversity in our interaction with nature and with each other. Because they are convinced that diversity is the basis for a more resilient, sustainable system. True to the motto: Diversity is life. Life is diversity.

Here you can find information about Global Field Bern