Farm Food (Netherlands) opens its new, sustainable and energy-neutral building
Farm Food moved to a completely new, sustainable and energy-neutral building. Thanks to the new premises of approximately 7000 m2, Farm Food has put an end to the lack of space and to working from three different locations. Both the permanent employees of Farm Food and the twenty to twenty-five people of Soweco are now working on the Farm Food concept at the new site: ‘Dogs first!’
Farm Food is in its origins, and still remains, a family business. In the beginning it was run for several years by Gerrit de Weerd and his wife, with the help of their two sons, then still at school. Over the years the business has kept expanding, with more staff.
In 1982, because of his knowledge and experience in the area of animal nutrition in general (both within the Netherlands and elsewhere), Gerrit de Weerd became involved in the development of a dog food that was to serve as a neutral test food in research into the quality of the various makes of dog food that were then on the market A pressed pellet was developed on the basis of Dutch beef which is fit for human consumption, without any additives such as colourings, aromas, antioxidants etc.
The starting point was that the food needed to be suitable for dogs of all ages and conditions. In so doing the simple fact was referred back to that in the wild all members of the dog family, from puppy to senior, eat as much as they need of the same food source , based on the prey that is available at the time.