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BIOGALLINE G.I.E. comes from an association between eight producers who wanted to satisfy their customers better and offer their eggs BIOGALLINE all year along.
For 10 years, BIOGALLINE has became a major producer and distributor of organic eggs in the South West of France.
This society is unique because every single member is a farmer and rears poultry. Also, members produce and process on their farms almost all the ingredients of the poultry feeding. They all work following organic regulations.
Their farms are in Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées. However, most of them are located in the Lot et Garonne area.
Contact :
Biogalline
Borde Haute
47240 St Jean de Thurac
FRANCE
Tel (Caroline) : (0033) 5 53 47 68 50
Fax : (0033) 5 53 68 22 19
Email : biogalline@ifrance.com
Website : www.biogalline.com
La structure d'expédition des producteurs bio du Sud Ouest de la France
Located in the center of the production area, Biogaronne sells fruits and vegetables from 60 producers in Aquitaine.
The SARL Biogaronne was created in March 2002. Nowadays, it is composed of 14 producers and one marketing director. It employs 5 people.
Two cold storage rooms are installed in a 650 square metres plant so that all fruits and vegetables can be cool down before being delivered.
Here are the favorite company's products: (go over underlined names to see pictures) :
Early fruits and vegetables:
Bunches of vegetables (carrot, white onion, turnip, beet, pink radish), leek, celery, green peas, asparagus, fresh garlic, strawberries (Garriguette, Ciflorette, round.).
From May to October:
cucumber, eggplant, zucchini, peppers (green, red, yellow) and tomatos (round, vine, long.).
During summer:
sand carrots, fennel, blueberries, peaches and nectarines.
During fall:
squash, plums (reine claude dorée, bavay, président.), grapes (Chasselas AOC Moissac, without seed Exalta, Alphonse Lavallée, Muscat de Hambourg, Ribol.)
From October to May :
swiss chard, chineese cabbage, salads (batavia, lettuce, red and green oakleef lettuce), lamb's lettuce, spinach, kiwifruit and apples (Initial, Royal Gala, Pinova corail, Elstar, Delbard Jubilée, Breaburn, Juliet)
Biogaronne sends products to french and foreign (North Europe) organic wholesalers. It also sells its products in the region to retailers on markets or to foodservices.
Biogaronne distributes the "Coté Sud "brand, is part of the "OP Sud Ouest" and is certified by Agrocert.
Contact :
SARL Biogaronne
Romas - RN113
47130 Port Ste Marie
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 53 98 39 10
Fax : (0033) 5 53 98 33 52
Email : biogaronne@wanadoo.fr
This cooperative society brings together lamb, beef, pig, calf and poultry rearers. All of them want to offer a high quality meat.
Their principles are based on the official organic regulations. In addition, Bio Sud Viande has added some specific rules such as the obligation of higher quality.
All products are available through all kind of distributors and are available in different ways : cut, carcass, individual portions...
Contact :
Carrefour de l'agriculture
12026 Rodez
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 65 73 79 01
Fax : (0033) 5 65 73 79 17
This association works for:
- nature by favoring organic cattles
- regional tastes by keeping local animal breeds, fed with ingredients from the farm
- social, economic and inter-professional exchanges right for producers and consumers by creating local networks including farmers and processors from the area.
To do so, the association takes into account farmers, processors and consumers' needs.
The "Boucherie Bio" is an example of this work. After a year working together, the first members of the association got together with a local processor and created this butcher shop. It sells only products from the area.
Contacts :
Bio l'Essenciel
Bihouent
31350 Peguilhan
FRANCE
Tel/Fax : (0033) 5 61 88 25 31
Website :www.essencielbio.com
Boucherie Bio de Blagnac
1 rue Dominique Ingres
31700 Blagnac
FRANCE
This cooperative society was created in 1989.
Nowadays, there are 45 producers members in Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées.
Its work is to plan the first sale of fruits and vegetables (700 tons), dry plums (25 tons), poultry and grpae juice that are delivered to 250 Biocoop stores, one of its favorite partners.
The Biocoop network is growing and so is the number of Cabso's members and their production.
Contact :
SCA Cabso
Le ponchut
47130 Port Sainte Marie
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 53 67 59 15
Fax : (0033) 5 53 67 59 81
Email : cabso@wanadoo.fr
CELPA BIO , le goût et la tendreté en plus !
Some organic cattle farmers from the CELPA (Coopérative des Eleveurs des Pyrénées-Atlantiques) got together in 1997 in order to make their productions well known.
This group is made of traditional farmers located in the original area of the "Blonde d'Aquitaine" breed. They brought together the exeptional quality of their products, made in accordance with natural cycles of production.
The CELPA cooperative society, with its large experience regarding quality and traceability, (Label Rouge « Bouf Blond d'Aquitaine ») helps this project. With some organic partners (les Abattoirs de Pau, SA Vignasse and Donney transformateur à Lons), it offers a wide range of organice meat products, from the carcass to the portion, through grounded meat.
Cattle farmers from Béarn, Pays Basque and Chalosse are proud of what they do because they offer a safe and natural product reared respecting the environment.
Contact :
CELPA Bio
Quartier N'Haux
64370 Arthez de Béarn
FRANCE
Tél : (0033) 5 59 67 73 22
Fax : (0033) 5 59 67 77 97
Email : celpa.blond@wanadoo.fr
Coop Cerno and its subsidiary Cerno SAS are located in the heart of the walnut production area.
CERNO counts more than 500 producers and is known by the EU to be one of the french major organization of its kind.
With lots of dynamism from some organic producers and the help of its technicians, CERNO has developed and marketed a large production of organic walnuts.
Created in the year 1983, the cooperative society got its subsidiary in the year 1991. The organic part of the society was created oin 1997. Then, it got various certifications: Déméter in 2001 and Biosuisse in 2002. In 2006, Cerno SAS got the AOC "Noix du Périgord" that comes in addition of the organic certification.
Nowadays, CERNO offers more than 300 tons/year of organic whole walnuts and kernels certified by ECOCERT SAS under various certifications:
- AOC "Noix du Périgord"
- Demeter : The brand for biodynamic foods
- Biosuisse : The brand for organic foods, accepted in Switzerland
The whole walnuts are mainly from the variety "Franquette" (85%), real symbol of the french how-to skills, known for their taste, shape and easyness to break. They are packaged in three different kinds of containers: 25kg, 5kg, 1kg or 500g.
The kernels have three different uses:
- Packaged in bags for consumers
- Distributed to food professionals (caterer, baker, ...)
- Industrially processed (oil, biscuits, ...)
All productions and packages are adapted to the kind of demand and needs of our customers.
Because CERNO is available in many European countries, it deals with major customers such as wholesalers, processors and distributors.
Contact :
CERNO SAS
La Borie
24250 CENAC
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 53 28 61 61
Fax : (0033) 5 53 28 61 60
Email : cerno@cerno.fr
Website : www.cerno.fr
The mushrooms fields were installed in 1870 in the Périgord area. The company SARL CHAMPIDOR first produced organic mushrooms in 1999.
This company is certified by ECOCERT. It delivers around 6 tons of fresh organic mushrooms per week all over France. They are packaged in various ways: by 3 kilos in bulk, 250g trays and 500g trays.
CHAMPIDOR makes its own substrate, grows the mushrooms in cellars and harvest them by hand.
There are three main qualities specific to these mushrooms: whole for a better preservation, blond for a stronger taste and grown in a cold environment to be stronger.
When the level of production is too high, CHAMPIDOR processes part of it in frozen or appertized mushrooms.
Contact :
Champidor
Les maines
24650 Chancelade
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 53 04 74 17
Fax : (0033) 5 53 04 45 22
The Lémance cheese factory, has been located in the Lot et Garonne area for almost ten years. It makes organic riped cheeses from cow, ewe and goat milk.
All these cheeses are made following a traditional way that the Lémance cheese factory has found, studied and practiced a lot.
Because the Lémance cheese factory has its own organic milk producers (around ten), it manages perfectly its original milk quality. Then, the factory can offer the same high quality cheeses all year around.
Nowadays, the Lémance cheese factory sells more than 20 different cheeses in France and abroad: Cour de Paille bio, Cabécou bio, Lémancet bio (goat cheese), Pelleret bio (ewe cheese), ...
Contact :
Fromagerie de la Lémance
Clos de Bardy
47500 FUMEL
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 53 41 74 06
Fax : (0033) 5 53 40 28 43
Email : lalemance@wanadoo.fr
JULIET®, C'est bon, c'est BIO
Les Amis de Juliet®" (Juliet®'s Friends) is an association type 1901 gathering Juliet® apples producers, gardeners and distributors.
The JULIET® apple variety is only produced through an organic method and is certified by an independant organism.
The Amis de Juliet® association aims at:
Les Amis de Juliet plans to extend its offer to 2000 tons by the year of 2010.
Contact :
Les Amis de Juliet
Millet
47500 Saint Vite
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 53 71 22 13
Fax : (0033) 5 53 40 87 26
Email : contact@pomme-juliet.com
Website : www.pomme-juliet.com
Le groupement de producteurs de fruits, légumes et pruneaux du Sud-Ouest
This organization was recognized by the Minister as a Producers Organization in 2003. It was created in 1996 by a few producers from the Lot et Garonne area who wanted to organize better the organic offer in the South West of France.
Nowadays, there are more than 50 farmers from both Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitaine who got together to offer a wide range of products:
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tomato, lettuce, cucumber, leek, strawberry, melon, ...
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grape, apple, plum, peach, dry plum.
More than 40 different products!
These products are available under the brand "Coté Sud" at various places such as wholesalers, senders or processors specialized in organic productions.
Contact :
OP Sud-Ouest Bio
Z.I. "Las Combettes" - 47 140 St Sylvestre s/ Lot
Tél : 05 53 36 71 48 - Fax : 05 53 36 69 17
site : http://www.sudouestbio.com/
mail : sudouestbio@wanadoo.fr
They have been the apples specialists in Midi-Pyrénées for more tha 40 years and have many strengths:
• An excellent export knowledge
• Fruit plants with all required food security and traceability garanties
• Orchards with fruits grown for taste and in respect of the environment
• Haccp, BRC, Eurepgap and AB cerifications
The company has created a new apple variety especially well adapted to the organic cultivation. It is sweet, tasty, juicy and reminds the taste of some old varieties.
Its name is DELISDOR.
Contact :
SICA Pyrénées Fruits
Chemin de Pinède
82600 Verdun/Garonne
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 5 63 02 45 10
Fax : (0033) 5 63 02 45 11
La viande BIO du Périgord : Authentique, Saine et Savoureuse
Le bon goût dans votre palais!
Organic productions in Périgord
The Dordogne area, land of history and landscapes, is famous for its traditions and well known tasty meals.
The organic productions in Périgord use this background and do their best to offer healthy and tasty products, for human welfare and land preservation.
The SICA Le Pré Vert gathers the major actors of this way of producing : around 60 cattle breeders, many farmers and processors deliver their organic production to the company.
A professional world
Le Pré Vert sells bovine and ovine meat made in organic cattles from the Périgord :
- Limousines and Blondes d'Aquitaine
- Veaux sous la mère (calves raised with their mother's milk)
- Lambs
In order to insure regular supplies and quality, la SICA Le Pré Vert manages a service of technical and commercial help, widely used by its members. Thanks to this, Le Pré Vert manages perfectly its sources of production.
Safe and tasty meat
A relevant breeding system
To respect biological rythms and animal welfare, the extensive way of breeding has been instored by all farmers members of Le Pré Vert.
Also, it avoids many pollutions and prevents from some illnesses, limitating the use of medical treatments.
Healthy food for cattles
- GMO-free cereals
- no meat and bone meals
- no growth hormones
Animals are 70% of their time in the fields. Their food is extremely healthy : grass and hay are completed by cereals produced on the farm or supplied by organic farmers from the SICA Le Pré Vert.
Contact :
SICA Le Pré Vert
4/6, rue Francheville
24000 Périgueux
FRANCE
Tél : 0033 5 53 35 88 17
Fax : 0033 5 53 53 43 13
Email : sica.le.pre.vert@wanadoo.fr
The very big trouts are mainly sold to processors and restaurants in order to smoke 
them. The rest of it is frozen and sold to organic stores or processors using the flesh in baby foods, such as Vitabio.
Big trouts are sold in one piece or in fillets.
They are available at the same places as the trouts portions.
Most of the fresh trouts portions are sold in specialized grocery stores, some small supermarkets and in fish stores. Some restaurants also show these products on their menu.
The trouts portions are also available in box (trouts fillets with almonds, under the eckmùhl brand) or smocked. Also, you can find them frozen in organic stores under the name "Les Vivers Cathares".
The Plantaurel fish farm is located on the Montbel Lake. Waters from this lake come from the Hers and are originally from the heart of the montains of Ariège.
The Montbel Lake has a surface area of 600 hectares and contains 60 milions cubic meter of water. It is the largest lake of Midi-Pyrénées. It has many advantages including a turnover rate of 1.5 so that the water is rich in oxygen which is much better for fishs. Also, waters are excellent because of the absence of human activity, agricultural of industrial, next to the lake.
There are often water analysis on the lake . A certifying body checks if the quantity of heavy metals, pesticides and doxin is in accordance with organic regulations.
Thanks to their way of production, their environment and the company's principles, the Montbel Lake's trouts are specific on many points:
- A fine and tasty flesh. This is obtained thanks to a slow growth and an almost fat free feeding
- A silver fish, specific to this environment
- No pesticides, dioxin and heavy metals in the environment
- No colouring agent, even natural, so that trouts get their original pearly color
All products get the AB logo and are sold under the "Les Viviers Cathares" brand.
Les Viviers Cathares company rears and sells three kinds of trouts: the very big trouts (1 to 3kg), the big trouts (700g to 1kg) and the trouts portions (go over the names to get more information).
There are 6 fresh products available:
- Eviscerated fishs of every sizes
- Trouts fillets oof every size
- Fillets to be smocked
- Trout portions
- Trout caviar
- Trout flesh (baby food, ...)
There are various packagings (trays, ...) and this range of products is also available frozen.
Contacts :
SARL Les Viviers Cathares
Lieu dit Philippou
11230 RIVEL
FRANCE
Tel : (0033) 4 68 69 28 83
Fax : (0033) 4 68 69 34 70
Email : viviers.cathares@wandoo.fr
Website : www.vivierscathares.com
SCEA La Ferme Aquacole du Plantaurel
Taurine
09600 MONTBEL
FRANCE
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