{"id":3555,"date":"2023-10-03T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novae.ch\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3555"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T07:46:49","slug":"novae-supports-the-first-social-enterprise-for-organic-vegetable-processing-in-french-speaking-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/novae.ch\/en\/actualite\/novae-supports-the-first-social-enterprise-for-organic-vegetable-processing-in-french-speaking-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Novae supports the first social enterprise for organic vegetable processing in French-speaking Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why support a social enterprise project for prepared organic fruit and vegetables?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This ambitious project was born from our desire to offer more organic fruit and vegetables in both our company and school restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of organic 4th range* fruit and vegetables in institutional catering was a major obstacle to expanding our organic offer, so we contacted our partner <a href=\"https:\/\/culti-shop.ch\/a-propos\/\">Keuffer<\/a> (a family of market gardeners since 1979), who rose to the challenge brilliantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The creation of the social enterprise : the &#8220;<em>l\u00e9gumerie<\/em>&#8220;*<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After a feasibility study conducted in 2022 in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/culti-shop.ch\/a-propos\/\">Keuffer<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyval.ch\/fr\">Polyval Foundation<\/a> (social enterprise with an industrial mission), work on the organic \u201clegumerie\u201d* began in March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is supported by Novae via its historical support fund for local agricultural partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2023, the three-part project received recognition as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vd.ch\/themes\/economie\/soutien-aux-entreprises\/economie-durable\">recipient of the Canton of Vaud&#8217;s innovation and sustainability fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer 2023, the first deliveries would be made to some of our restaurants, less than 20 kilometres from the place of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After several weeks of pilot testing, the first social enterprise for organic vegetable processing in French-speaking Switzerland will officially open its doors in&nbsp;autumn 2023!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Novae restaurants expect to order and cook around 50 tonnes of fruit and vegetables in the first year, with a wide range of products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever faithful to our values, we continue to support the ultra-local, giving priority to our establishments within a radius of less than 75km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This unique, innovative project has multiple aims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Increase the quantity and variety of organic fruits and vegetables in our company and school restaurants<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fight food waste<\/strong> by using \u201cugly\u201d fruit and vegetables, i.e. products with measurements that are not accepted by mass retailers. These will be cut and packaged in the same way as \u201ccorrectly sized\u201d fruit and vegetables.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offer <strong>professional reintegration opportunities<\/strong> for work in the vegetable industry through the expertise at Polyval and Keuffer\u2019s involvement.<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And we don\u2019t plan to stop there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are currently looking into other solutions to go further in the fight against food waste, but also to reduce waste production significantly. We look forward to announcing them soon&nbsp;\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our project partners <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/eng-partenaire-novae-keuffer-et-polyval-pour-la-prmiere-legumerie-bio-et-sociale-de-suisse-romande-1.-1024x384.png\" alt=\"Partners Novae Keuffer and Polyval - for the first organic and social vegetable factory in French-speaking Switzerland\" class=\"wp-image-3559\" style=\"width:840px;height:315px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/eng-partenaire-novae-keuffer-et-polyval-pour-la-prmiere-legumerie-bio-et-sociale-de-suisse-romande-1.-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/eng-partenaire-novae-keuffer-et-polyval-pour-la-prmiere-legumerie-bio-et-sociale-de-suisse-romande-1.-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/eng-partenaire-novae-keuffer-et-polyval-pour-la-prmiere-legumerie-bio-et-sociale-de-suisse-romande-1.-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/eng-partenaire-novae-keuffer-et-polyval-pour-la-prmiere-legumerie-bio-et-sociale-de-suisse-romande-1.-1536x576.png 1536w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/eng-partenaire-novae-keuffer-et-polyval-pour-la-prmiere-legumerie-bio-et-sociale-de-suisse-romande-1.-1595x600.png 1595w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/eng-partenaire-novae-keuffer-et-polyval-pour-la-prmiere-legumerie-bio-et-sociale-de-suisse-romande-1..png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Glossary <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*<em>P<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>repared organic fruit and vegetable supplier <strong>&#8220;<em>Legumerie<\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;<\/em>:<\/strong><\/em> A place specialising in the processing and preparation of fresh fruit and vegetables for collective catering. Operations such as the washing, peeling, cutting and packaging of fruit and vegetables are carried out according to the specific needs of restaurants. Legumeries play an essential role in providing fresh, quality, ready-to-use food to meet the needs of communities, businesses and educational institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*<em>4th range<\/em><\/strong>: Fresh, unprocessed products that are prepared and ready to be consumed without requiring additional preparation. These products are vacuum-packed and refrigerated. They include bagged salads, ready-to-cook peeled vegetables, freshly cut fruit, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/logo-bio-bourgeron-suisse..png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3860 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/logo-bio-bourgeron-suisse..png 354w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/logo-bio-bourgeron-suisse.-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>*<strong>ORGANIC<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bio-suisse.ch\/fr.html\">Bio Bourgeon (Bio Bud)<\/a>\u00a0status is awarded to farming and food products that have been grown according to strict organic farming standards, i.e. with no synthetic plant protection products or chemical fertilisers. Organic farming practices generally promote environmental sustainability, the protection of biodiversity, and animal welfare. In short, Bio Bourgeon products are the fruit of practices that respect the environment and people&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/legumes-bio-4eme-gamme-keuffer-novae.-1024x360.png\" alt=\"l\u00e9gumes BIO 4\u00e8me gamme Keuffer Novae\" class=\"wp-image-3441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/legumes-bio-4eme-gamme-keuffer-novae.-1024x360.png 1024w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/legumes-bio-4eme-gamme-keuffer-novae.-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/legumes-bio-4eme-gamme-keuffer-novae.-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/legumes-bio-4eme-gamme-keuffer-novae.-1536x540.png 1536w, https:\/\/novae.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/legumes-bio-4eme-gamme-keuffer-novae.-2048x720.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3517,"template":"","news_category":[54,52,53],"class_list":["post-3555","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-engagements-novae-en","news_category-novae-news-en","news_category-alimentation-durable-novae-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Novae supports the first social enterprise for organic vegetable processing in French-speaking Switzerland | Novae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Novae supports the first social enterprise for organic vegetable processing in French-speaking Switzerland. 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