Partners, not just suppliers
Cooperative organic soya cultivation
This is our understanding of best business practices: Our primary goal is to make delicious tofu, and we will take the right path to achieve it ‒ for everyone involved. We don’t shop around for bargains and purchase soybeans from various sources. Instead, we cooperate with a group of around 180 organic farmers located in Germany, Austria and France, all of whom we know personally.
This contract-based partnership offers farmers financial security – and gives us the major advantage of being able to trace the entire journey of every soya bean without any gaps. From seed propagation through to field cultivation, harvesting, drying and cleaning: we oversee the entire process and can therefore influence the quality.
Trust and reliability
We’ve been cooperating with some farmers for 25 years already. Our relationship has evolved into more than just a contractual partnership: We hold joint seminars on organic soybean cultivation. Together we go on excursions to meet soybean processors and cultivators elsewhere in Germany and Europe. And naturally, we visit the farmers during the vegetation period. For us, it’s a beautiful experience to not only see the beans as they arrive in Freiburg, but also the fields, the pale purple blossoms of the soybean plants, and the soil on which they grow.
For both partners, our contract farming agreement means trust. And reliance on each other to deliver what we promise. That goes for the quality of the soybeans as well as for pricing: We know the amount of work it takes to cultivate soybeans, and we are aware that many farming operations are under pressure.
Real value and transparent prices
All of these things bring us one step closer to fulfilling our mission. Naturally, we want to make high quality and tasteful tofu. Almost as importan: We want to promote sustainable and viable organic agriculture
That is who we want to work with, and who we want to support: through purchasing groups for expensive machines; through knowledge sharing; and sometimes simply through encouraging words if a harvest didn’t turn out as hoped.
