125 years ago, the USP was born, the child of an agricultural crisis that never ends

The USP is 125 years old and is planning a big party: the peasant lobby announces the preparation of the largest rösti in the world on the federal square this autumn. In addition to this tuberculous anecdote, the organization is pleased with a long career alongside farmers – and the agri-food sector, some will say – and hopes to maintain its influence in a Switzerland in full mutation. Between global warming and the impact of the war in Ukraine, the next few years will not lack challenges.