feral trade swiss alps cheese from Holzmatten commons Grindelwald, Switzerland Cheese from Grindelwald's Holzmatten ancient commons, a sunny alpine idyll facing the north face of the Eiger. The village cows pass the summer at 2200m eating particular mountain herbs, the horned cow variety research shows deliver the best milk. Formed daily into cheese at 1600m alpine hut by commoners channeling swiss engineering and 500 years of cheese making tradition, the cheese is over-summered at altitude then cellared on further down the mountain 1 year at 12 degrees C in the basement beneath self-built Grindelwald home of commoner/carpenter Peter Eggers, who runs his 5 cows on Holzmatten alp for the brief but vivid summer season. ferally traded since: 14/09/14. FER-2472 FoAM Kernow Penryn, UK to Frida Go Falmouth, UK dispatched 19/09/18 delivered 19/09/18 swiss alps cheese shipment FER-2472 REMARKS: 450g, purchased at FoAM network open studios soiree QTY: 1 units at block each FROM: FoAM Kernow in Penryn, UK http://fo.am/kernow TO: Frida Go in Falmouth, UK http://fridago.com SENDER: kate rich RECEIVER: Zoe Young REQUESTED: to ship between 19/09/18 and 19/09/18 INVOICE: invoice-2472 STATUS: delivered Frida Go 19/09/18 MAP route map www.feraltrade.org COURIER: kate rich  Marianne Tiefenbach  martin schick  Belle Benfield  Zoe Young  TOTAL ROUTE:  Holzmatten commons-Bern station-Fribourg station-Bluefactory-Geneva station-Paris Gare de Lyon-Paris Gare du Nord-London St Pancras station-London Paddington station-Bristol Temple Meads station-Feral Trade-FoAM Kernow--Frida Go swiss alps cheese FoAM Kernow to Frida Go Shipping Facts FER-2436 import purchase & freight 44 x swiss alps cheese 350g gross per 350g Paid in cash to supplier Marianne Tiefenbach 300 CHF at 0.787 GBP to CHF £237.57 £5.40 total £237.57 £5.40 Shipping Report FER-2472 onward transit of FER-2445 from Feral Trade arrived FoAM Kernow 2018-08-31 FER-2436 swiss alps cheese from Holzmatten commons arrived Feral Trade 2018-08-29 kate rich Met Marianne at the Bern central station concourse meeting point where 2 triple-lined paper bags of freshly wrapped, 1-year matured alpine cheese were exchanged for 300 CHF cash, with luck the exact maximum the local cash machine would allow out. Supplier & trader had time for a quick social catch-up before boarding respective trains back. Travelled back to Fribourg, where the cheese was stored for a few days, kept cool against Swiss summer heat in an available Bluefactory fridge. 29/8 re-loaded rolling suitcase with cheese and hauled this back to Fribourg station, meeting Martin Schick from Bluefactory on the Geneva bound train for a speedy business meeting alongside Geneva lake views. Switched trains at Geneva where EU-bound travellers pass out by a Customs channel, the only people being searched were a south asian-looking couple. Train to Paris Lyon as the sunstruck mountain landscape flattened into industrial farmland and drizzle then RER from Paris Lyon to Nord station which provides an all-escalator route for the grateful feral trade courier. Eurostar, tube, Bristol train local bus & another stretch of walking delivered cheese to feral trade fridge by around 10PM. swiss alps cheese transit: Holzmatten commons to Feral Trade             freight and handling swiss alps cheese to Frida Go sponsored by       FERALTRADE products passed by hand. The word 'feral' describes a process that is deliberately wild, as in pigeon, as opposed to nature wild (wolf). Feral Trade freight operates largely outside commercial channels, using the surplus potential of social, cultural and data networks for the distribution of goods. contact kate@feraltrade.org