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Read morePositive on the farmyard
...and supplemented with feedfrom the region such as brewer's grains. In this way, the footprint is slowly (and sustainably) going down. Furthermore, in reduction pilots we are investigatingthe possibilities of circular agriculture and ...
Read moreHonorary Guild of North Holland Cheese 2023
...the North Holland Cheese Honorary Guild Foundation was established in Alkmaar. The foundation aims topromote craftsmanship,quality and distinctionof North Holland cheese. Participants in the foundation...
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 moreFacts & figures
...34 thousandtons History 1901 Founding of cooperative 2001 Receipt ofCourt Supplier designation 2002 Start of active encouragement of grazing dairy cows 2008 Start of sustainability program Caring Dairy 2012 Start of construction of new cheese factory 2014 Opening of...
Read moreSjoerd Hiemstra of CONO Cheese Makers wins Golden Cheese Drill
...variety, stage of maturation, taste andquality. Whether he also tasted a CONO cheese during the inspection? "Absolutely," says Hiemstra. Ijust recognize the taste of ourcheeses. I...
Read moreHonorary Guild of North Holland Cheese 2022
...Cheese founded. This foundation aims topromote the craftsmanship,quality and distinctionof North Holland cheese. Every year, CONO Kaasmakers, as part of the Honorary Guild of North Holland Cheese Foundation,...
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 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 with farmer Sandra Oudshoorn
...got. "Of course we keep close track of everything," says Sandra. For the baseline measurement, we hired an independentsoil biologist toexplain the datafrom the analysis, and another...
Read moreSustainable stories with farmer Christina Kranenburg
In some things, cows are very similar to humans. For example, like us, it is healthier for a cow to eat unprocessedfood. In other words, lots of fresh vegetables. That's why ...
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 farmer Dick Ubbels
...to remove unwantedplants. "We have an old turf that retains a lot of CO2 and organic matter. The first is good for the climate, the otherfor thequality of...
Read moreSustainable stories with farmer Gerrit Wermink
...and thefruitgrowing around the corner. Farmer Gerrit therefore has 28 acres of grassland and 6 acres of corn, doing as much tillage as possible in-house. Of course, ...
Read moreSustainable stories with farmer Sjoerd van der Helm
...seventy degrees. Again, thanks to the freeelectricityfrom the digester. After that hour, a kind of composthas been createdthat no longer contains bacteria, smells like potting soil, and is ideal...
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