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The Isigny Sainte-M\u00e8re Cooperative: where tradition, commitment and modernity meet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was the morning of 3 June 1909, the wind blew across the Normandy coast, while the sun gently warmed the fauna and flora of the Baie des Veys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They did not know it yet, but that morning, a small group of farmers were about to lay the foundations of the cooperative model that we have taken care to preserve since the beginning of the last century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Cooperative owes a great deal to those producers, who truly believed in the project to join forces for fairer pricing for their milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, they did not hesitate a single second to mortgage their farms in order to support this project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This strong signal of commitment was already pointing towards the traditional values we uphold today: a Cooperative that respects people, their terroir and their environment, and which has sought to uphold and preserve authentic and traditional know-how for more than 110 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Isigny Sainte-M\u00e8re Cooperative venture began with the construction of a dairy in Chef-du-Pont, a village near Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As early as 1910, the Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise dairy cooperative was already receiving 20 horse-drawn carriages carrying 11,000 litres of milk from 90 farms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1911, just one year later, the collection had increased to 6 million litres of milk and had 200 members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In 1932, in the neighbouring county, 42 milk producers located around the town of Isigny-sur-Mer also decided to join forces and pool their milk to produce and market Isigny Butter and Cream along with Normandy cheeses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project led to the creation of the Isigny-sur-Mer Dairy Cooperative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1979, the idea of a union between the Isigny-sur-Mer<\/strong> and Sainte-M\u00e8re-\u00c9glise Cooperatives<\/strong> emerged, and this became a reality in 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With additional collection areas and a shared ambition, the two cooperatives merged to create the Isigny Sainte-M\u00e8re Cooperative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Through the years, our Cooperative has always demonstrated its ability to adapt in order to face various challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is our duty to preserve and uphold our cooperative model along with the values of self-sacrifice and high quality products that continue to drive our Cooperative\u2019s teams on a daily basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve this, we have remained united and focused on a shared ambition: to produce and transform a high-quality raw material to create delicious products, and to share the taste of our exceptional terroir with customers around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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As cooperative members, we take care to protect both this famous terroir, our dairy \u201cGarden of Eden\u201d, and also our mindset: a sense of independence that has been felt through our cooperative for more than 110 years and that we carefully maintain.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An exceptional terroir to be protected<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Isigny\u2019s terroir, its biodiversity, its fauna and flora have received a great deal of attention for preserving, in the years to come, this precious environment, which is capable of providing milk of identical quality to that produced by the 42 founding farmers over 110 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A prestigious, noble and superior-quality unpasteurised dairy product which gives unique sensory properties to our Isigny PDO Butter, Isigny PDO Cream, our cheeses (Mature and Extra-Mature Label Rouge Mimolette, PDO Camembert, PDO Pont l\u2019\u00c9v\u00eaque) and all the delicious products we make for everyone of all ages to enjoy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve this, our Cooperative ensures respect for people, the environment, safety and the quality of our products, which are the essential conditions for its long-term future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Cooperative, a societal model that permeates all our activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At a time when many companies are looking into new models that are capable of putting people back at the centre of their organisations, our cooperative model has never been more relevant, since it is the men and women who are the beating heart of our business and our development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isigny Sainte-M\u00e8re is an employer, a group of milk producers, a processing company, a manufacturer of dairy products, and a Cooperative, all at the same time. This means thousands of people are linked to our Cooperative to different degrees, and we have always been able to count on their commitment to<\/strong> uphold this mindset and vision which have shaped the reputation of our products, our terroir and, of course, the reputation of the Isigny Cooperative in France and around the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n More than<\/span>\n 100<\/span>\n countries<\/span>\n <\/div>\n around the world distribute Isigny Sainte-M\u00e8re products from our Normandy terroir<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n employees<\/span>\n 1250<\/span>\n <\/div>\n men and women, who are involved in manufacturing and marketing our Isigny Sainte-M\u00e8re products<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our commitments as Cooperative members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n