Swiss Soil Day 2026

– From Soil to Plate

Tuesday, December 1, 2026 — From 9 am to 4 pm.
Cinémont — Rue Émile-Boéchat 85, 2800 Delémont (JU)

From 9 am

Welcome & coffee

9:45 am

Official opening

10 am – 10:45 am

Current state of play 

  • How are Swiss agricultural soils doing?
  • Which practices can preserve and improve them?
  • Where does regenerative agriculture stand, and why is it struggling to gain ground?

Speakers
– Else Bünemann-König, FiBL (to be confirmed)
– Jérémie Forney, Uni Neuchatel / CEDD Agro-Eco-Clim
– Alice Johannes, Agroscope

– Luc Scherrer and Amélie Fietier, FRI

10:45 am – 11 am

Coffee break

11 am – 12:30 pm

Inspirations – 1st session

nitiatives that work also face obstacles. Let’s discover them to expand support for the protection of agricultural soils.

  • Lidl France – Potato “Terre de progrès” – speakers to be announced
  • Regenerative agriculture, from soil to stomach: the Biofamilia muesli example – Daniel Bärtschi, President of Agricultura Regeneratio
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm

Inspirations - 2nd session

Initiatives that work also face obstacles. Let’s discover them to expand support for the protection of agricultural soils.

  •  How to engage companies and citizens to support regenerative agriculture? – Helene Renaux, Swiss Food Research and Sonja Trachsel, ZHAW
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Panel discussion

  • No soil, no production: what are we doing to preserve it? 
– Moderated by Bastien Sachet, CEO of Earthworm

Speakers
– David Käser – Member of the Board of Directors
– Reto Minder, President of Swiss No Till

– Stefan Kramis, PepsiCo, Head of Sourcing for Edible Oils and Cereals in Europe
– Pierre-Yves Perrin – Director of FSPC (Swiss Federation of Cereal Producers)
– FOAG Management (Federal Office for Agriculture)

Full list of speakers to be announced

3:15 am – 4:00 am

Apéritif & networking