Emmi Farmer Ambassador Marco Zollinger on sharing the workload and sustainability efforts in agriculture
Better together: On the farm spanning around 30 hectares, father Erwin and son Marco Zollinger share the work not only amongst themselves: on the one hand, they are supported by employees and apprentices, and while on the other hand, friends from the region take on tasks such as mowing, the Zollingers distribute their manure. This enables synergies to be exploited sensibly.
From the loose housing built in 2018 and the pastures, which they are allowed to visit for as long as possible during the year, the Zollinger family’s cows have a perfect view of the city of Zurich, “which probably doesn’t have many inhabitants from Urdorf,” explains son Marco.
He is proud of his around 50 Holstein cows, who, thanks to the modern farm, can decide at any time when they want to move around freely, eat, lie down or be milked on a milking robot. The equipment also enables better recording of the cows’ health data and helps Marco and his family to know when a cow is in special need of attention more quickly.
As a result of all these conditions, the Zollinger family’s experience with sustainability projects and their openness towards alternative methods, participation in the "KlimaStaR Milk" project was only natural.
Another important component of the measures implemented as part of the project is the photovoltaic system on the roof of their barn. What Marco particularly appreciates about Emmi as a reliable partner is its innovative products: “They’re always doing something new, and that’s something we enjoy.”
More about the "KlimaStaR Milch" project: KlimaStaR Milk
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The Zollinger family from Urdorf (ZH)
Farmers in the spotlight: In the series "Our Farmer Ambassadors", we focus on our milk producers and hear from Marco Zollinger, for example, about the technologies they use on their farms to ensure greater sustainability and animal welfare.
> Click here to go to the Zollinger family profile page
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Emmi farmer ambassadors
Our longstanding partnership with our regional dairy farmers has always been particularly important to us: it is characterised by trust, closeness to our origins and quality awareness. Through this close cooperation, we can help to create value in rural regions and remain true to the core of our products, with high-quality and increasingly sustainably produced milk. Together, we create added value and make sustainable dairy farming the norm. Emmi launched the Emmi Farmer Ambassador project in 2018 to further strengthen the partnership and to put the families behind our delicious dairy products front and centre. Go to emmi.com/bauernbotschafter for some photos and videos that will provide you with a vivid insight into the everyday life on the farms of what are now around 300 Emmi Farmer Ambassadors.
