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Who we are
About the farm
The Rotteveel family has been making genuine farmhouse cheese (boerenkaas) in the Green Heart since 1937; since 1984 we have farmed on our modern farm just outside Rijpwetering, in the peat meadow area north of Leiden, today with the family of Erik and Marjolijn. From about 65% of our cows' milk we make raw-milk boerenkaas in wooden moulds with linen cloths; it has won many Cum Laude awards (2021: Den Besten Cum Laude Award). Our cows spend most of the year outdoors, and the farm is energy-neutral thanks to a wind turbine and solar panels; we also keep sheep, chickens and rabbits and sell the surplus from our ecological garden and food forest. Our cheese vending machine is open daily and our farm shop on Saturdays.
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What we grow
Food crops
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Fruit
Apples
- Fresh produce
Blackberries
- Fresh produce
Elder (flower & berry)
- Fresh produce
Plums
- Fresh produce
Grain, pulses, seeds & nuts
Walnut
- Nuts & seeds
- In shell
- Nuts & seeds
Vegetables, mushrooms, herbs
Pumpkin
- Fresh produce
What we raise
Livestock
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Cattle
- Cheese
- Cheese · herbed / spiced
- Cheese
- Hens
- Rabbits
- Sheep
More of our products
- Cheese
- Ripened cheese
- Hard, long-aged cheese
- Milk
- Raw milk
Processing & crafts
Dairy processing / cheesemaking
Sales channel
- Farm-gate sales
- Vending machine / self-service
Product categories
Product groups
Farming method / certification
Community farming
Languages spoken
DutchContact
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