IP-Suisse

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Swiss Association of Integrated Producing Farmers (IP-SUISSE)

logo
legal form society
founding May 29, 1989
Seat Zollikofen , Switzerland
management
  • Fritz Rothen (Managing Director)
  • Andreas Stalder (President)
Branch Agriculture
Website www.ipsuisse.ch

The Swiss Association of Integrated Producing Farmers (IP-SUISSE) aims to promote environmentally friendly and animal-friendly agriculture in Switzerland, i.e. integrated agriculture . Its members meet minimum animal welfare requirements and, depending on the market situation, can take part in individual productions in accordance with the IP-Suisse label guidelines. The product label or the IP-Suisse logo distinguishes products that are manufactured according to the relevant guidelines and whose producers promote biodiversity on their farms. ProCert AG monitors compliance with the guidelines and correct marketing.

society

The highest body of IP-Suisse is made up of the delegates. These are elected by the members in their constituencies and must also be members of IP-SUISSE. Among other things, the delegates have the authority to elect the board of directors and the president and to decide on the use of the annual results. The assembly of delegates takes place annually.

The management board is responsible for the strategic management of IP-Suisse. He represents the association externally, appoints the managing director, decides on label guidelines and other strategic transactions that are not reserved for the delegates.

The managing director heads the office according to the specifications of the board.

The cattle trading companies Schneider Vieh und Fleisch, ASF Sursee and IPS-Kuvag have belonged to IP-Suisse since 2016.

history

The reason for the establishment was the agricultural policy of the federal government, which at the end of the 1980s largely replaced production-dependent aid with area-related direct payments. Among other things, this led to the fact that the additional work of numerous farmers (e.g. limited use of chemical spraying and fertilizers, more land for animals) was no longer or only insufficiently compensated.

In 1989 IP-Suisse was founded on May 29th in Schönbühl near Bern. The President of the Initiative Committee, Hans Luder, was also elected President of IP-Suisse. In 1993, Hiestand Holding marketed the first labeled grain. In 1995 the first animals were marketed with the Migros Lucerne cooperative . In 1997 the Federation of Migros Cooperatives took over the first animals from IP-Suisse. In the same year, the Pro Pane Natura association was founded, which later resulted in NaturaBeck and then Naturel. The first IP-Suisse rapeseed oil was produced in 1999. In 2000 the cooperation with IG Dinkel began . In 2004, the skylark project started for animal-friendly grain cultivation, from which the biodiversity program will later be created. In 2007 Migros launched its TerraSuisse label for IP-Suisse products on its shelves. The guidelines for the promotion of biodiversity were first applied in 2008. In 2010 the first IP-Suisse meadow milk was produced. As of October 2011, the meadow milk was distributed throughout Switzerland by Migros before it was removed from the national range a good eight months later due to insufficient sales. The label milk has remained with the Migros Aare cooperative to this day. In 2012, the Naturel organization emerged from a revision of the communication of NaturaBeck, formerly Pro Pane Natura (1997). In 2016 Denner presented the first IP-Suisse products in their stores. In 2017, the IP-Suisse logo was applied to Cailler's milk chocolate .

All Migros Aare meadow milk has been bottled in Diemtigtal since the beginning of 2020 . These built Estavayer Lait and Migros Aare along with the Aaremilch AG a new bottling plant. It was previously produced by Emmi AG in Suhr . In order to operate a marketing platform for pig production , IP-Suisse founded Kompis AG together with Micarna . In February 2020 it was also announced that Coop would have its pig producers certified according to the guidelines of IP-Suisse from 2021. The meadow milk released should also find its way to Coop and products such as flour, cream and sugar.

The ladybug in various shapes is the logo and trademark of IP-Suisse. It is considered a good luck charm and natural pest fighter.

Products

Only that which consists of at least 70% IP-Suisse ingredients may be labeled as an IP-Suisse product. The IP-Suisse association only markets products directly to consumers on a small scale.

Migros sells most of the products from IP-Suisse label production , but under the name and logo Terrasuisse . At Aldi Suisse , the products are offered under the Nature Suisse own brand . Denner is the largest seller of IP-Suisse products with the IP-Suisse logo . Volg, Manor Food, Spar and Lidl also offer products from IP-Suisse label production.

Products with individual ingredients in IP Suisse quality are allowed to label these ingredients. In this way, the IP-Suisse logo is distributed worldwide through Cailler , who has been providing its milk chocolates with the IP-Suisse logo for the use of IP-Suisse meadow milk since July 2017.

Sugar beets have also been grown since 2018, and since 2019 they will be processed as IP-Suisse sugar and sold through the Landi and Volg branches .

rating

In the 2015 label ranking , IP-Suisse made it into the “Recommended” category with 117 out of 200 points. A survey conducted by the Research Institute for Organic Agriculture among 500 consumers showed that a third of them assume that the IP-Suisse label ( Integrated Production ) is an organic label , which is far from the case.

In the production of veal , the mortality rate of young animals is around 6 percent. With the open-air calving concept, the mortality rate is to be reduced to 3% from 2020. The WWF compared the sustainability values of eleven milk production standards. Bio Suisse and, if all the additional services were met, IP-Suisse meadow milk performed best . However, according to the IPS guidelines, only 40 of a total of 94 possible points must be achieved, which means that the average meadow milk is likely to do less well than the Bud milk.

Slatted floors are allowed, at least in pig farming .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statutes of IP-Suisse from November 26, 2009 ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ipsuisse.ch
  2. ↑ Structure of the label production ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 3, 2017.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ipsuisse.ch
  3. ^ ProCert AG . Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Swiss farmer: IP-Suisse enters the pet trade , from January 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ Umweltnetz-schweiz.ch , from January 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ Meadow milk. In: ipsuisse.ch. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Migros gives up meadow milk at national level. In: schweizerbauer.ch . April 27, 2012, accessed February 28, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b meadow milk. In: migros.ch. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Schweizer Bauer: 25 Years of IP-Suisse, Milestones, page 38, from April 17, 2014.
  10. ↑ Ruth Aerni: New buyer for Aargauer Wiesenmilch. In: bauernzeitung.ch. February 27, 2020, accessed February 28, 2020 .
  11. ↑ IP-Suisse and Micarna: New platform. Schweizer Bauer , August 28, 2019, accessed on February 27, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Coop new buyer of IP-Suisse. In: schweizerbauer.ch. February 28, 2020, accessed February 28, 2020 .
  13. ↑ From pigs to meadow milk: New collaboration between Coop and IP-Suisse. In: bauernzeitung.ch. February 28, 2020, accessed February 28, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Logo IP-Suisse ( Memento of the original dated August 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 3, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ipsuisse.ch
  15. ↑ Ladybug
  16. ↑ a b ProCert AG: Factsheet IP-Suisse ( Memento of the original dated August 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 3, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / api.procert.ch
  17. ↑ Schweizer Bauer: The 12 Most Influential Farmers in Switzerland - Andreas Stalder , January 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ website Migros TerraSuisse . Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ IP-Suisse does not give Aldi the Beetle . In: schweizerbauer.ch , April 22, 2015, accessed on February 27, 2020.
  20. ↑ Farmer's newspaper: IP-SUISSE: The Beetle aims high , from January 31, 2017.
  21. ↑ Press release Nestlé: More milk, more cocoa and more sustainability for more enjoyment: Nestlé is relaunching its traditional Cailler brand and entering into a partnership with IP-Suisse on July 5, 2017.
  22. ↑ IP Suisse sugar finds buyers. In: schweizerbauer.ch . May 9, 2019, accessed May 9, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Why do we buy organic? The species-appropriate animal husbandry, few pollutants and climate friendliness make it all. In: fibl.org . February 7, 2019, accessed February 15, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Animal welfare is the main reason. In: schweizerbauer.ch . February 8, 2019, accessed February 15, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Barbara Reye: Fresh air, fewer antibiotics. In: bazonline.ch . April 12, 2019, accessed April 13, 2019 .
  26. ↑ Susanne Meier: IP-Suisse relies on open-air calves. In: schweizerbauer.ch . April 15, 2019, accessed May 19, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Swiss milk production standards: environmental and resource protection fall by the wayside. In: wwf.ch . August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
  28. ↑ https://www.ipsuisse.ch/wp-content/uploads/Richtlinien_Wiesenmilch_d-1.pdf
  29. ↑ «Consumers want brands». In: schweizerbauer.ch. March 12, 2020, accessed March 12, 2020 .