Research that provides sustainable and nutritional benefits

Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter finds out from Christian Wolfrum, Vice President for Research at ETH Zurich, the business ideas behind the spin-offs at the Start-up Tower. (Photograph: smith-art / ETH Zurich) ETH Zurich is present at the Olma trade fair in St Gallen. Using spin-offs and games, the ETH booth illustrates how research can contribute to making Swiss food and agriculture sustainable. Yesterday, Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter opened the 80th Olma trade fair. In her original and at times self-ironic speech, the Finance Minister made a literary digression into the importance of the pig and spun a narrative ranging from the supportive role played by the Olma piglet and the pig that plays a major role in her job as Finance Minister - the piggy bank - to the savings cuts earmarked for federal finances, from which even the agricultural budget is not to escape unscathed. She went on to state: "It is getting more crowded at the feeding trough." But what does that mean for agriculture? "Swiss agriculture has every reason to be confident," the Federal Councillor went on in an encouraging tone to the guests present. "I am convinced that its innovative capacity will enable it to seize future opportunities." Innovations for food and agriculture .