The ins and outs of organic farming

A centre for the agriculture of the future.

This content was published on November 9, 2009 - 11:14

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The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Frick in canton Aargau, founded in 1973, is the oldest and biggest research centre for organic agriculture in the world. It employs about 120 people of different nationalities, and has two partner institutes in Germany and Austria. (swissinfo.ch).

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