The Jean d’Alos Foundation

Objectives & Approach

  •  Provide prospects for economic sustainability,
  •  Help pass down traditions to future generations,
  •  Ensure an appreciation for customs, terroirs and seasons, as well as the preservation of local varieties and respect for others and for the environment,
  •  Encourage openness, education and meetings with cheese-makers from other terroirs,
  •  Promote good food hygiene, not always valued in the past,
  •  Make technical support, and of course, financial support, available to our future partners.

    JEAN D’ALOS, through strict compliance with these principles, currently provides financial support aimed at increasing production capacities at a top quality farm in east-central France.

    Along these same lines, a partnership was established with an artisanal cheese shop in the Basque Country in the spring of 2010. The partnership initiates development with the shop and provides them and their network of shepherds with a springboard onto the market.

    A third project is being considered in the Pyrenees with the goal of adapting traditional methods to the export market using the technical expertise of the JEAN D’ALOS team.

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