Excursions

Route CZ – Jeseníky (30.6. – 1.7.)

date

time

venue

activity – description of enterprise

departure

4:00pm

Lednice , Horitcultural Faculty of the MZLU

Departure

 

7:00pm

Severomoravská Chata (challet), Vysoký Potok

Check-in, dinner, overnight stay

1.7.

7:30am

Breakfast

 

 

8:00 – 10:00am

1) visit to one of the centres of the Morava Farm s.r.o. in Malá Morava – non-dairy breeding

The enterprise farms 2121 ha of land, has several centres, keeps beef and dairy cattle (among other activities the farm supplies milk to Olma Olomouc). In small amouts it grows grains (buckwheat, speltwheat)

 

10:00 – 11:30am

2) Pro-Bio Trading company Ltd., Staré Město pod Sněžníkem. – tour of the mill processing organic grain (cleaning, grading, milling etc.), visiting the packaging department and sample shop.

The enterprise buys, processes and sells organic grain. It specializes mostly in dry products (buckwheat, spelt, oats, rye, millet and other grains) as well as ready-made grain products (flakes, extruded products, pasta, müsli, bakery products and others).

PRO-BIO Ltd. is the biggest processor of organic food in the Czech Republic. It owns a mill for processing grain, wholemeal flour etc. and also offers after-harvest treatment for farmers (drying, grain-cleaning and storing). The company includes packaging and storing departments and a sample shop in Staré Město.

PRO-BIO is a wholesaler with its own distribution network. It supplies goods to both Czech and foreign retailers and distributors. The range of goods is constantly widening, for instance with the import of foreign organic products and raw materials (eg. fruit and vegetable juices, mustard, ketchup, dressings, pasta, oil, rice, sweet products, etc.). Nowadays there are nearly 400 items on the PRO-BIO list of organic-quality goods.

The company also sells certificated organic seed for growers.

 

11:30 – 12:30

Staré Město pod Sněžníkem

Lunch

 

1:30 – 3:00pm

3) Olma a.s. Olomouc

Tour of the company – processing of cow ' s milk, production of organic milk and "Via Natur" – the first Czech certificated organic yoghurt.

OLMA, a.s. dairy company is a modern enterprise complying with the most demanding criteria for production and ecological quality. Its range of products is at an international level and the company guarantees products and services for its customers, that are fully comparable with international competition.

Main activitiy:
Processing cow ' s milk, dairy produce and commercial activities.

5 main groups of products:
A. Fresh and long-life milk and cream
B. Sour-milk products and yoghurts
C. Desserts
D. Butter, blended butter products and vegetable fats
E. Dried milk

In 2000 OLMA, a.s. company obtained a certificate according to ISO 14001 , which codifies environmental protection with the aim of introducing preventive measures leading to lowering of burden and reducing pollution in accordance with economic and social needs. In the same year Olma was the only dairy company in the Czech Republic to gain a certificate for production of Bio - Via Natur organic food.

 

3:00 – 5:00pm

Return to Lednice

 

 

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