Bert and his son Driek, who hopes to take over the farm in the future. Photos: Melanie Epp
Peter and Bert Boonen run a dairy farm and produce prize-winning cheese. The milk comes from MRI cows. This rare breed thrive well on grass-based, high roughage, low concentrate diets, which is ideal in Belgian production systems. While the sleepy streets of Hamont-Achel, a small town in northern Belgium, show little signs of life on a Sunday morning, the local cheese shop, Kaasmakerij Catharinadal, is bustling with business. A tinkling bell punctuates the lively atmosphere as each new customer
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