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Kaasboerderij De Brienenshof

Farm (farmyard) · Cothen · Netherlands

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Who we are

About the farm

We have farmed at the Brienenshof in Cothen, a 17th-century farmhouse, for three generations, and since 1988 we have also made cheese from the milk of our own Holstein cows. In our cheese dairy we make Gouda farmhouse cheese (Goudse Boerenkaas), plain and with around ten different herbs and spices, as well as yoghurt, buttermilk, butter and quark; we sell frozen beef from our own cows. In our farm shop you can taste and buy during opening hours, watch the cheesemaking on Tuesday to Saturday mornings and take a look into the cowshed. Every year on Easter Saturday we hold a calf day (Kalfjesdag).

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What we raise

Livestock

Here we list the animals we keep, with breed and headcount. Open a row and we show you what we process from them (milk, meat, eggs, honey…) and which of our products we sell.

  • Cattle
    • Beef
    • Cheese
      • Ripened cheese
    • Milk
    • Yoghurt, kefir, curd, butter, cream
      • Yoghurt
      • Buttermilk
      • Butter
      • Curd (quark)

Sales channel

  • Farm-gate sales
  • Retail

Product categories

MeatMilk & dairy

Product groups

beefcheesemilkyoghurt, kefir, curd, butter, cream

Farming method / certification

Farming method, self-declared: no certification

Community farming

farm visits
Visiting: open during opening hours
Opening hours: weekly opening hours · Tue–Sat · 09:00–12:30

Languages spoken

Dutch

Location

Ossenwaard 13, 3945 PG Cothen
Coordinates: 51.9976, 5.29257

Contact

familie Merkens-Hamoen · family member
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Data source

Data managed by: the FarmAtlas editors, based on the farm's own website
Profile status: Verified by hand — from the farm's own website
Updated: 2026-10-26

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