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How a village in central Switzerland came to grow sweet chestnuts

Murg on Lake Walen is one of the few places in the German speaking part of Switzerland with the right soil and climate to grow edible chestnuts. Ten years ago the association Pro Kastanie was founded here aimed at promoting chestnut cultivation. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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