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Mountain grazing

Mountain grazing

Traditional method of using pastures in mountainous and hilly regions.

Mountain grazing, as a traditional method of using agricultural land in mountainous areas, is now an essential condition for the existence of some farms in the valleys and is an important environmental factor.

Mountain grazing has marked five thousand years of human presence and survival in the Alps. From the French Alps in the west to the Slovenian Alps in the east, an economic activity has developed based on millennia of experience and an ever-improving understanding of nature, which could only survive due to a special relationship with nature.

The fundamental insights of mountain management are:

  • Natural resources and goods can be used, but not exploited.

  • Natural resources and goods can be utilized, but not overexploited.

    Natural resources and goods can be taken, but they must simultaneously be preserved and protected.

High-quality dairy products from our mountains are more than just food for visitors and consumers; for the farmer, they represent a means of survival and a good income.