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Alpine farm school

Now are you one of those people looking to do something different during your holidays? There are those who volunteer help save the rain forest… or endangered animals. But in Switzerland, it’s the alpine farmers who are becoming extinct… and inexperienced city dwellers who are lending a hand. At a school in the Bernese Oberland, a group is preparing for a summer on an alpine farm by learning how to milk cows and make cheese. Swiss Radio International’s Dale Bechtel paid them a visit.

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