- Client:
- Heiden municipality
- What:
- Development of an organic butchery with visitor center in the currently vacant former slaughterhouse in Heiden.
- Where:
- Heiden, Switzerland
- When:
- From July 2019
- Project lead:
- Christian Müller
- Project partner agriculture:
- Eric Meili
- Scenography visitor and information center:
- Frank Dittmann
The municipality of Heiden is the owner of a currently unused former slaughterhouse, which is under monumental protection. gutundgut, together with project partner Eric Meili from the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and meili-agroplan, are striving to build an organic butchery with an integrated visitor center. The project focuses on strengthening local agriculture by creating added value in the region. In addition, the project aims at cross-sectoral cooperation, namely with regional restaurants, hotels and tourism. The integrated visitor center serves to educate guests, schools, and (tourism) groups about meat processing.