Our Philosophy
in the handling of food

Appreciation of man, animal and plant –
How we counteract food waste in Brodowin

Until the time you prepare one of our food at home, it has already experienced a lot. For example, a plant was cultivated, cared for and watered, weed was removed and protected from pests. Or an animal was conceived, born and raised, fed and kept clean.
And in any case, every day in Brodowin we were busy doing our best to produce an excellent food – whether it was milk, cheese, sausage or vegetables.

However, according to a study by the WWF in 2015, some 18 million tonnes of food were lost in Germany. According to the latest investigations, more than half of this would have been avoidable. Particularly in food-producing companies, edible products are disposed of in large quantities, in many cases only small deviations from the standard are decisive.

We in Brodowin oppose this trend!

Although we offer our customers only impeccable products of excellent quality for sale – but with one important difference: For example, if we harvest far too small cabbages or the leaves of the leek have withered, this is no reason for us to dispose of the food. In our own kitchen, we process it into a wide variety of dishes and have not only avoided unnecessary waste, but also gained a tasty new product.
It goes without saying that current food standards are adhered to. Products that are clearly no longer suitable for human consumption will find thankful customers in our stables or at fattening farms, which we will supply as required. Especially pigs are happy about the feed; as omnivores, much of it belongs to their diet anyway. The last option – our compost heap – has shrunk to a size that is hardly worth mentioning since the introduction of this measure.

But value creation does not begin and end with the rescue of crooked cucumbers. During slaughter, for example, between 20 and 55% of the animals do not end up on the consumer’s plates but in the garbage, depending on the type of animal.

Our cattle, goats and chickens also come to the slaughterhouse at some point – but unlike many specialised companies, we take back almost all parts of the carcass. And with good reason.
From the bones and the meat that is found on it, we cook several hundred litres of fresh broth every year. This also serves as the basis for other dishes and has thus become a valuable cornerstone of our production. We would like to rediscover internal organs, which were still popular ingredients a few decades ago, and bring them closer to our customers. Kidneys, rumen or cattle tongues become unique delicacies in Brodowin thanks to creative preparation and perhaps encourage our customers not only to order breasts or legs, but also to try the rest of a rooster or cow.

With the raising of brother roosters we have taken over responsibility for the animals, which as a male “by-product” of the breeding of laying hens are usually killed senselessly directly after hatching. In Brodowin, 1600 animals per year can be roosters for up to 22 weeks – on organic areas with plenty of space and farm-owned feed. In order to finance the cost-intensive Demeter farming, we constantly come up with new products such as a pure poultry salami made of 100% poultry meat.

In addition to recycling in our kitchen, we also try to draw attention to the problem of food waste by providing information and education on a regular basis. In our online shop you will therefore find not only first choice products but also an alternative article, which is offered at a reduced price. This measure is very well received by our customers and we would like to expand it in the future.

Die Wertschätzung unserer Nahrung und die Vermeidung unnötiger Lebensmittelabfälle ist in unseren Augen eine Aufgabe, die mit Aufklärung, Tatkraft, Kreativität und Organisation zu schaffen ist.

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Our Philosophy in the handling of food

Our Philosophy
in the handling of food