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Read moreFacts & figures
...10 hours a day in the pasture. All of ourcheeses are made from 100% pasture-raised milk. Of the CONO dairy farmers, 96% meet the national grazing standard. Ourmilk is 100% GMO-free. Number of...
Read moreCSR report
As a cooperative, you need to make a contribution to a better world. That is what CONO Kaasmakers understands by corporatesocial responsibility. CONO's CSR policy is linked to the Sustainable Development Goal of...
Read morePositive on the farmyard
On the farm We are always working to reduce ourcarbon emissions. Ourdairy farmers have been working with the Caring Dairy program for years, using their craft to benefit...
Read moreHonorary Guild of North Holland Cheese 2023
...Anjo van de Ven intronizes four new ambassadors for North Holland Cheese. These ambassadors join the North Holland Cheese Guild of Honor. Before the intronization takes place, they jointly attended the Alkmaar cheese market,...
Read moreProjects and developments
...On the farm, we are exploringthe possibilities of such things ascircular farming andcarbon farming, which is about sequestering CO2 in the soil. And as soon as there is a proven...
Read moreSjoerd Hiemstra of CONO Cheese Makers wins Golden Cheese Drill
...second drill is replenished, I think that's fantastic," said General Manager Wim Betten. "Just recentlyCONOwon the award for tastiest cheese inthe Netherlands with 't Kaas Lokaal. The fact that we are now...
Read moreHonorary Guild of North Holland Cheese 2022
...four ambassadors for North Holland cheese. Underthe guidance of judge Cees Frikkee, the new members took an aptitude test. In 1990 in Alkmaar, the Honorary Guild North Holland Cheese Foundation was established....
Read morePositive in cheesemaking
...ourregion for obtaining heat sustainably. We have also installed solar panels. And as soon as there's a proven innovation for ourcheese factory that suits us, we'll hook up....
Read moreSustainable stories from our cheesemaking: water
...cheese. CONO takes in aboutas much water per year as all the households in the Beemster combined, over 480 thousand cubic meters in 2022. Amongother things, that water is needed ...
Read morePositive in milk transport
...Reception) ofthe Netherlands. In addition to the electric RMO, Danmel Transport has had an RMO running on liquid natural gas (Lng) for two years, ultimately reducing CO2 emissions by 20%. Oursecond milk transporter...
Read moreSustainable stories with Wim Betten of CONO Kaasmakers
...packaging." Sustainability Program Caring Dairy We have been making our farms more sustainable for over 10 years through ourCaring Dairy program. We're not just concerned with the climate but also with animal welfare ...
Read moreSustainable water treatment: 12% reduction
...for wastewater that is attractive to both CONO and oursewage treatment plant," said Marjan Leijen, director of HHNK. "We were able to look into each other's processes, conduct trials and ultimately choose....
Read moreSustainable stories with farmer Berto Klaver
...and thus have less risk of inflammationof the claws." Furthermore, the cows have extra spacious cubicles with a special bed that is not only nice and soft to lie on...
Read moreSustainable stories with farmer Sandra Oudshoorn
...got. "Of course we keep close track of everything," says Sandra. For the baseline measurement, we hired an independentsoil biologist to explain the data from the analysis, and another...
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