Dialog in St. Pölten:

Regional meat secures the future of many farms

The future of local family farms is to be secured in the long term with partnerships

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Working together for high quality and animal welfare: farmers and SPAR representatives have now reaffirmed their supply pact.

Partnership needs exchange - this was the motto under which farmers from the region and Spar representatives met at the headquarters in St. Pölten. Tann is a meat plant at the site that relies entirely on animal welfare partner farms.

At the "Future Dialogue", topics such as animal welfare, husbandry labeling and the importance of origin were discussed. Alois Huber, Managing Director for Lower Austria, Vienna and northern Burgenland at Spar: "Various quality and animal welfare programs have created a fair partnership with around 300 farms." They have a purchase guarantee and are compensated for the additional work involved.

Meeting in St. Pölten: Spar managing director Alois Huber, Tann manager Leopold Scharmer (left), managing director Werner Habermann (right) and chairman Franz Rauscher (2nd from right) from the producer association Gut Streitdorf and the Kreuzer family from Krottendorf.

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Safeguarding local family businesses
The aim of the partnership is also to keep the added value in the region and to give the family farms a perspective for the future. Franz Rauscher, Chairman of the Gut Streitdorf producers' association: "This gives us planning security."