The Farm Shop
Organic regional meat from our farm with Wilma speaking:
,,Delicious regional meat from our Blaarkop cow, a milk and meat breed. Blaarkop cows give little less milk per year, but they are much stronger and much tastier! Our moos have had a comfortable life; were happy, because they are more than eight months on the pastures. Their milk and meat has therefore many more omega-3 and other healthy fatty acids than the milk and meat of cows that are less often outside. Another result is that the meat is much tastier than “common” meat.
The Blaarkop cow sees to a good production of milk as well as delicious meat. Organic, so as much as possible produced in balance with the animals and plants that surround us. But there’s more. This “farming in balance” leads to a better nature and a good life for our cattle. This results in a much better taste! Taste it too and order one of our meat packets, come by for a good glass of creamy milk, or (soon enough) call us for a fresh piece of fish.
We have 130 milking cows on our extensive farm and 100 pieces of young cattle, which all have space in galore. In the pastures, we try to create more and more space for herbs to grow. The cows eat mainly a natural diet of grass and herbs; and are fed with a small amount of concentrates during the milking of the cows. For this reason the cows, (which are minimally eight months to be found on the pastures), produce a healthy and delicious product of milk and meat. On account of organic justified farming, the plants and animals have more time to grow in a natural speed. This means to take the inner nature of the animal into account as well. All of this results in a much better quality of our food!
Organic farming is a bit expensive compared to inorganic farming. This is due to certain reasons:
- We must feed the cows merely organic fodder; the prices of this organic fodder are much higher for the farmer.
- We aren’t allowed to use any artificial fertilisers and insecticides. This means that some over presented weeds have to be removed manually, which is much more labour-intensive.
- Due to the fact that we don’t use artificial fertilisers, we have a reduced growth of grass on our pastures. This means that it takes a longer time before we can harvest our grass, through which we have a loss of harvest of grass. For this reason we started with the compost branch, through which this loss is being compensated. However, this branch is labour-intensive as well.
- Due to the lower production we have to treat more hectares of pasture for the same revenue as for example inorganic farmers)
We support Slowfood
Slow Food is an international movement aimed at the eco gastronomy. They promote tasty, pure and fair prepared and produced food. The food must taste good and pure; without harming the environment, animal welfare and our health. Also, they actively encourage fair compensations for producers of food and take part in the preservation of traditional ways of preparing and producing food. Slow Food sees food as a primary necessities and a human right; it are not just commercial goods.
We have joined Slow Food, because we acknowledge the importance of tasty, pure and fair produced food. We strive to offer authentic products and we think that we have already quite succeeded in this. The Blaarkop cow has a very authentic taste of meat. From a cultural perspective, the old Dutch Blaarkop race is worth it to keep on breeding, as this race has a long history in the Netherlands starting already in the late Middle Ages.
Milk
Fresh, organic milk from our milk drive!
A milk drive is a tap-machine, from which you can tap organic milk on your own. The milk drive is situated in our former haystack. When you walk from the road for about ten metres on the entrance grounds of the farm, you will see at your right hand a brown-white door where the milk drive is to be found. The milk comes fresh from the cows, and isn’t pasteurized, through which vitamins and tastes are preserved.
You can bring yourself a bottle, bucket or drink bowl to fill it with milk. At the milk drive are also deposit bottles and –bowls to fill them with milk, that are available for a small amount of money (10 pence a bowl, 50 pence a bottle), and can off course be taken with you. The device only accepts euro coins. The milk drive is in the winter only opened on Saturdays and Sundays. In the summer often as well on the Wednesdays and in exceptional days when it is very nice weather.
Please note that our milk costs 90 pence per litre
Meat
We fatten a small amount of our Blaarkops especially for the sale of meat. This means that this meat will be of high quality concerning the areas of taste, health and tender. We sell meat to restaurants, but also on our farm (frozen up) to you. We do this every Saturday from 11.00 up to 15.00 hours. But, if you are by accident on a other date in the neighbourhood, you can search for the farmer’s wife whether she’s available to sell our meat.
Ordering can be done via email
Each year we keep a small amount of pigs for the lovers of heavenly bacon and ravishing grounded pork. Besides, we offer tasteful sheep and lamb meat too.
Download the pricelist: at the moment merely for milk and meat >
Zonne-energie van Boer en Buur
Zonne-energie met boer Henk aan het woord:
The past years, many farmers have focused themselves more on sustainable farming, in which sustainable energy is one of the top priorities. We have chosen for a sustainable independancy as well, and have therefore installed solar panels on the roofs of our stables in the summer of 2009.
From these solar panels it is possible to 'buy' one panel, which will cost you 250 euros. In exchange you will get 6 tickets, valued at 50 euros per piece, with which you can buy products from the farm (milk, meat and compost).
In the end, it is possible to buy for 300 euros products, you will earn 50 euros for the investment, and you will help us to become a more sustainable farm. In the case that your energy provider is Greenchoice, you are entitled with a reduction of 20 euros, through which you will have 70 euros left to spend on products on the farm.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you are interested in this concept, which has been validated by the organisation BoerenBuur,
www.boerenbuur.nl