Peter Moser

Peter Moser is a historian and director of the Archiv für Agrargeschichte (Archive of Rural History), the AfA, in Bern. He is also a member of the board of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO).

The cheese collective

Peter Moser 15.11.2019 From 1914, the Schweizerische Käseunion (SKU, the Swiss Cheese Union) ensured people at home and abroad were kept supplied with Swiss cheese. For that purpose, the Cheese Union monitored both production and prices.

The Swiss national team ski suits from 1992 to 1998.

Fondue – a ‘natural processed product’

Peter Moser 13.11.2019 Until the Second World War, fondue was unheard of in most areas of Switzerland. The cheese speciality only became the ‘national dish’ as the result of a marketing campaign run by the Schweizerische Käseunion (Swiss Cheese Union).

Cosy fondue dinner in the 1940s, Liestal.

Agricultural revolutions in Switzerland

Peter Moser 03.04.2019 The modernisation of Swiss agriculture stretched over two centuries, from the systematic use of farmyard manure to harnessing working animals and the mechanisation of many work processes.