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Weltacker: a hands-on learning space

Global Fields illustrate the global agriculture on 2000 m². The narrative environments provide diverse, tangible insights into the global agricultural and food system.

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Lernen auf dem Weltacker
Learning with the Weltacker

Our three educational programs offer hands-on, experiential learn for schools and groups. They highlight connections and inspire reflection on food, agriculture and the environment.

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Weltacker Schweiz
Weltacker Schweiz

Weltacker Schweiz is the umbrella organization supporting all Swiss Weltacker initiatives. We promote knowledge about agriculture as the foundation of life, nutrition, and civilization - based on the IAASTD report (World Agriculture report) and the Planetary Health Diet.

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Internationales Netzwerk
International Network

We are part of a global movement! There are now around 30 Weltackers in ten countries. You can find more information on the international 2000m² website, where Weltacker Schweiz is also featured.

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Welcome to Weltacker Switzerland

How much arable land would be available to every single person if we were to distribute all the arable land in the world fairly? It is around 2000m² per person. A lot has to grow on it: bread, rice, potatoes, fruit, vegetables, oil, sugar… but also all the food for the animals whose meat, milk and eggs we consume, which comes from the fields and not from meadows and pastures. In addition, cotton for jeans, tobacco for smokers and, on top of that, bio-gas or bio-diesel and renewable raw materials for industry. A Global Field (Weltacker) shows these 2000m² as a model and thus offers a sensual and vivid experience that encourages reflection and discussion.

Global Fields in Switzerland




There are currently three Global Fields in Switzerland: on the fields in Attiswil and Zollikofen near Bern, around 50 of the world’s most important crops are grown on 2000m², true to scale to their global cultivation area. The Weltacker in Nuglar shows what community supported agriculture can grow on 2000m². A fourth Weltacker is currently under construction in Zurich. Each Weltacker is a walk-in learning space that makes complex connections understandable and provides food for thought on the tightly interconnected worlds of food, agriculture and the environment. The educational teams offer hands-on learning and understanding for school classes and groups of all kinds. The content of the professionally run Weltacker School for school classes is aligned with Curriculum 21 and is strongly skills-oriented.

More information about the Swiss Global Fields

News Switzerland

  • A new Weltacker for Zurich!

    A new Weltacker for Zurich!

    Weltacker Zurich association founded We are delighted that a group of committed people in Zurich are getting to work and want to set up a Global Field. The first important…

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Dive deeper

You can find more information on the Weltacker idea and on the topics and cultures that can be experienced on a Weltacker on the international page:

The Weltacker idea

What is a Weltacker and why do these projects exist?

Weltacker topics

What lives in our soil? How much do we waste? What is growing in the world?

Weltacker crops

Which plants are the most important in the world? What are they grown for?

Contact us


Do you have a question, a suggestion or criticism or would you like to cooperate with us? We look forward to hearing from you.

Email:
Phone: 076 685 43 49

Postal address:
Weltacker Switzerland
Ryffstrasse 43
4056 Basel

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