17: Wäseli cheese dairy, Vechigen and Utzigen
Additional information:
This cheese dairy was taken over by MUKA Käserei (suckler cow-calf husbandry); production is scheduled to start in 2024.
The «Wäseli» cheese dairy was commissioned by the cheese dairy construction company founded in 1857 and produced cheese for centuries. In 2011, it even produced 80,000 kg of Emmentaler AOP. Unfortunately, it then had to be closed and housed a brewery in the meantime. In spring 2024, the Cowpassion association will take over the old cheese dairy and produce cheese just like in the old days. What is new, however, is that the cheese dairy's milk comes from dairy farming without separating cow and calf. The calf should stay with the cow and drink her milk. Because less milk can be milked in this form of farming, the cheese dairy has to pay the dairy farmers a higher milk price than usual. Take Heistrichstrasse back onto cycle route 99 and follow this in the direction of Burgdorf.
17 - Hörversion (anklicken)