Appropriate animal husbandry.

On the one hand, this means that just because of the quality concept, the animals grow up at the speed that nature provides for them. The renouncement of growth hormones for example means that the "usability" begins later; but the resulting food is also completely unpolluted.

On the other hand, the farmers ensure that the animals have plenty of exercise, which they can enjoy extensively due to the extended lifespan. As a result, your muscular system develops without any action whatsoever; Stress, which inevitably arises in mass rearing in cramped conditions, is consistently avoided.

Animal feed: Preferably from our own production

What the animals around the Wolfgangsee get to eat is almost exclusively "organic". Pigs and poultry are mostly fed untreated grain from their own cultivation or from the region. Cattle, goats and sheep (ruminants) are allowed to help themselves most of the time and graze in lush meadows - and that is also important for them.

Ruminants have a complicated system of four stomachs in which their vegetable food is broken down by bacteria; This is how they can use the cellulose, which grass and leaves mainly consist of, to generate energy in the first place. Plant fibers contain plenty of valuable ingredients, but these cannot be easily extracted and absorbed by the body. Most living things with only one stomach, including humans,

In contrast to the cow, could not live on it.

Ruminants also like to eat hay. Many farmers therefore feed their cattle, sheep and goats in winter with the dried grass, which comes from the same meadows on their own where the cattle stay in the warmer months. Untreated grass - whether fresh or dried - is considered to be the healthiest food for ruminants; it is rich in nutrient-rich wild herbs, which give the animals a long life expectancy and ultimately also result in healthy food.

Accordingly, hay milk contains a particularly large number of valuable omega 3 fatty acids and antioxidants, which support cell regeneration in humans. It also tastes great, as the flavors from the wild herbs accumulate in the milk and give it a spicy aroma. Pure or in the form of cheese, butter, cream: you will notice the difference to products made from conventional milk immediately! (see http://www.warum-heumilch.com/)

An alternative to feeding with grass or hay is giving them silage. Silage is also made from grass, but it is only dried and then acidified in silos to make it durable (very similar to the production of sauerkraut). Hay can only be produced if it is dry long enough; Silage, on the other hand, can also be produced in bad weather and a little more comfortably for the farmer (no hay turning, etc.). In addition, silage provides the cattle with more energy overall, which is why milk yield and weight gain are higher. However, this is also bought with a lower overall quality, which rubs off on the food produced. (cf., Buchgraber, p. 27)

Most of the farmers around the Wolfgangsee therefore either rely entirely on hay and grass or on a combination with self-produced silage in the winter months. They largely dispense with industrially produced, protein-rich concentrate feed - for example based on soya - as far as possible. Because the "performance increases" of the livestock that can be achieved in this way are ultimately at the expense of quality; The soy used has often been genetically modified and therefore has no place in organic farming. (see. http://www.wwf.de/themen-projekte/landwirtschaft/ernaehrung-konsum/fleisch/soja-als-futtermittel/).

Natural feeding with what the land has to offer has proven itself in the region around Lake Wolfgang for centuries. The farmers here have known since time immemorial that quality can only arise from a genuine coexistence with animals and nature.