Netherlands: A dairy farm in Dokkum with goat's milk cottage cheese

The cooperative was approached by a young organic goat farmer with twenty dairy goats. The milk was initially processed into goat cheese. The cheese maker stopped, after which the entrepreneur had to find another outlet for his milk. 'We wanted to develop a product with goat's milk from Zuco, so that we can also offer dairy products for people with a lactose intolerance. By starting with this entrepreneur, we can start small and then scale up', says Hessel Jan Sinnige of the cooperative. The cooperative considers it important to use a 'true cost' price. That is a price that is based on the costs to be incurred. For the goat curd 'Mekker', the agreed milk price is far above the national market price with which this goat farmer can continue to develop, says Sinnige. According to ...