From Crop to Culture: Situated Knowledge and Cultivated Diversity
— A guided tour & dialogue with Adèle Pautrat (Seeds4All), Gérald Huber (farmer and president of BioVaud), and Alexandra Baumgartner

This exchange invites a participatory reflection on the principles of agroecology in the face of climate challenges, starting from the importance of seeds. By combining perspectives from agriculture, science, and political engagement, it aims to explore forms of innovation that are practical, resilient, and situated. As a concrete example, the cultivation of fava beans in French-speaking Switzerland will be discussed with Gérald Huber, president of BioVaud and committed farmer practicing direct seeding and intercropping with wheat and fava beans. His experience will ground the discussion in a living practice oriented toward the future, where agriculture appears as a culturally interconnected activity based on care, diversity, and autonomy.

Format & Participants:
Guided tour of Alexandra Baumgartner’s photographic exhibition in Vevey with Adèle Pautrat (Seeds4All), an advocate for agrobiodiversity, exploring how farmers adopt diversified and locally adapted seeds to face climate change. And Gérald Huber (BioVaud/GIREB), an organic farmer from Aubonne with 12 years of experience in agricultural advisory, organic farming, and soil cover crops, co-founder of GIREB, an independent group promoting on-farm research and innovation. In French.