Therefore,
Bernex: urban farm opens its:
ThoseLocal agriculture
The Bernex Urban Farm opens its doors to gourmet
The Geneva town welcomes the fourth urban farm in the canton. Moreover, which includes a restaurant. Moreover, This temple of local products opened this Saturday.
Geneva, August 9, 2025. Similarly, Report on the first day of opening of the Bernex Urban Farm, which includes a store, a restaurant and cultures.
Magali Girardin
- The Bernex urban farm becomes the fourth in the canton, with a store and a restaurant.
- Cultures provide fresh bernex: urban farm opens its products to the store and restaurant.
- The association brings together 20 local producers which aim to promote sustainable and local agriculture.
- The restaurant can accommodate up to 140 people with its outdoor terrace.
After the successful general rehearsal during the brunch of 1is August. In addition, The Bernex Urban Farm officially opened its doors this Saturday. Consequently, This ambassador of the commune terroir becomes the fourth Urban farm in the cantonjoining Those of Lignon (Vernier)from Budé (Petit-Saconnex). Furthermore, Vergers (Meyrin).
It is distinguished from the latter because. in addition to the store selling vegetables grown on site and products coming from surrounding operations, it welcomes a restaurant, whose menu is largely developed from these foods. Meanwhile, The assortment is supplemented by products from the canton. Here, everything is at the Label du Terroir GRTA.
Blush new, embellished with generous bay windows, the building belongs to the town and also has a hangar. It is located in the Molliers agrifood park, which borders the channel road, a stone’s throw from the tram. The farm operates 2.5 hectares of land.
Only half of the land is cultivated this year.
Magali Girardin
The project was born fifteen years ago in bernex: urban farm opens its the head of farmers and producers, explains the coordinator, Cindy Favre. The concretization was long. because it was necessary to agree on a place, then the project was the subject of an architectural competition and, finally, the public park preceded the farm.
Bernex: urban farm opens its
“I have the stage fright”
The. desire was to compensate a little to the large loss of agricultural areas following the urbanization of Bernex. And to encourage customers to favor sustainable and local food by pooling the forces.
The farm is made up of an association of 20 members. who are producers and farmers in the region: market gardeners, arboriculturers, winegrowers, butchers, cheese makers …
“I have the stage fright as an artist who goes on stage. ” said for this first Joseph bernex: urban farm opens its Jeanmart, taking a cucumber, two tomatoes, a melon and two bottles of wine.
Responsible for the store. he confides: “This role as local ambassador is very moving, we highlight all a know-how, there are all the souls here and those who made them.”
He has treated every detail. The wines are presented by domains, and not separated depending on whether they are white, red or rosy.
Cindy Favre is the coordinator and administrative manager of the Bernex farm.
Magali Girardin
Vegetable crates, on bunk pallets, make up a picture in vibrant colors. Zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant and peppers seem to be sublimated in a tasty ratatouille.
“I prefer to buy tomatoes that pushed 200 meters from my home rather than coming from Spain. The short circuit is the ba-ba of ecology, ”comments Thierry Bruel, a customer who lives not far away. His wife, Lucia, an important judge to support the local economy.
Leaving the sales area, we are in that of the café-restaurant, run by chief Grégory Campanal. It can accommodate 60 people inside and 80 outside.
Inauguration on August 16
Outside, Philippe Gremion and his two daughters reserved a table. This retiree has worked since 1981 at the Loëx farm, one of the association’s members of the association. “We will have to see if people will play the game,” he says. He recalls that, during the Pandemic of Covid, many people turned to farm products, to immediately abandon the past crisis.
“The menu is enticing,” said one of his daughters. By browsing the entrances. the Buffalo Tataki with the three mustards of the Oulaine Domaine reminds us with malice that the meal time is approaching.
We join Guillaume Emery on the cultivated terrains facing the terrace. where onions, squash, cabbage or even leeks support the heat wave thanks to the jets that sprinkle the plots.
This market gardener, used to cultivate these lands, has been at work since the beginning of the year already. He explains that half of the terrains have been left fallow in order to limit the difficulties at start -up.
For the moment, it is the chef who makes up the menus according to what the market gardener planted. The objective is then to adapt the products and quantities to the needs of the restaurant and store customers.
The inauguration will take place next Saturday, August 16, as part of the Fête des Fermes Urbaines Genevoises.
“Latest news”
Do you want to stay at the top of the info? “Tribune de Genève” offers you two meetings per day, directly in your e-mailbox. bernex: urban farm opens its To not miss anything of what is happening in your canton, Switzerland or in the world.
Other newsletters
Did you find an error? Please report it to us.
Further reading: The Golden Fleece, a sailboat to discover the treasures of the St. Lawrence – Place de Games Closed on Sunday: noise divides in Reinach – “I have new elements” on the suicide of Krisztina Rády, announced on RTL the former lawyer, Yael Mellul – France: Bayrou shock plan: “It’s our moment of truth” – [À VOIR] Dear, 79 years old, ignites the bridge with a miniconcert at the Dolce & Gabbana parade in Rome, this weekend.
