The biodiversity initiative, on which the Swiss will vote on September 22, has once again highlighted the gulf between rural and urban populations. Winegrower Blaise Hofmann explains the complex relationship between two worlds that don’t speak the same language. Acts of vandalism, insults and even death threats marred the campaign leading up to the vote on the anti-pesticide initiatives in 2021. Hofmann, a writer and winegrower from canton Vaud, had a tough time. This unease gave rise to his book Faire Paysan (Being a farmer)... Читать дальше...