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-2473 apass Brussels, Belgium to FoAM Brussels Brussels, Belgium dispatched 25/10/18 delivered 27/10/18 swiss alps cheese shipment FER-2473 REMARKS: Shipment stalled in Zurich fridge at time of ordering, for eventual Brussels delivery. Extra block goes to FoAM Earth QTY: 2 units at block each FROM: apass in Brussels, Belgium http://apass.be TO: FoAM Brussels in Brussels, Belgium http://fo.am SENDER: kate rich RECEIVER: Stevie Wishart REQUESTED: to ship between 19/09/18 and 20/10/18 INVOICE: invoice-2473 STATUS: delivered FoAM Brussels 27/10/18 MAP route map www.feraltrade.org COURIER: kate rich  Marianne Tiefenbach  martin schick  Nicolas Y Galeazzi  Nicolas Y Galeazzi  maja kuzmanovic  TOTAL ROUTE:  Holzmatten commons-Bern station-Fribourg station-Zurich Hauptbahnhof-apass-FoAM Earth--FoAM Brussels swiss alps cheese apass to FoAM Brussels Shipping Facts FER-2441 import purchase & freight 5 x swiss alps cheese 350g gross per 350g Shipping Report FER-2473 onward transit of FER-2441 from Holzmatten commons arrived apass 2018-10-22 kate rich Cheese arrived at Bluefactory as part of 15KG consignment FER-2436 picked up from producer Marianne Tiefenbach at Bern railway station. Stored overnight in Bluefactory fridge and transferred to Nicolas the following day at closing drinks of the Reinventing Organisations summer conference. Transferred from there by Nicolas to Zurich where it was temporarily waylaid in a domestic fridge 2 months until safe rescue in October. swiss alps cheese transit: Holzmatten commons to apass   freight and handling swiss alps cheese to FoAM Brussels 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