Biofarm Bleekenstein
At Struik, sustainable business practices are high on the list of priorities, and we closely monitor the sustainability of our operations. The use of only the very best ingredients and a healthy attitude to animal husbandry practices, among other things, are important conditions for the way we at Struik produce the highest quality food products.
In many cases our emphasis on sustainability goes even further. For instance, right next to our head office and production site in Voorthuizen you will find a very special piece of Struik: the unique Bleekenstein bio-farm. This wonderful, fully organic farm features a traditional cowshed which houses an equally traditional and uniquely Dutch breed of cow: the Zwarte Blaarkop.
With its imposing figure the Zwarte Blaarkop is a very striking animal. But its real beauty is on the inside: this unique breed excels in milk production, meat production and fertility. With its Bleekenstein organic farm Struik is helping to preserve the Zwarte Blaarkop breed for the Netherlands. And we’re sure you can understand why we are quietly proud of that…
Biological water purification
Struik Foods Europe has started using a new and highly advanced water purification installation. Struik Foods is a pioneer when it comes to the purification of waste water under its own management. Decades ago, Struik was already using the very latest technologies at the time to purify water in Voorthuizen.
For Struik Foods, water purification forms an important part of a wide range of measures aimed at producing quality foods as sustainably as possible.
Struik is now installing the latest generation of water purification. This is biological water purification which achieves a much higher purification level and also reduces energy consumption by 20%. The installation is an important new step in the development of sustainable enterprise by Struik Foods Europe.