Agricultural and forestry cooperative Gozd Bled
Farmers in the Bled area have been organising into co-operatives since 1898, when the first predecessors of the existing agricultural and forestry co-operative Gozd Bled were established in Bled and Gorje. Before the end of the Second World War, co-operatives supplied local inhabitants and hotel guests. During that time cheese-making was kept alive by the co-operatives of the villages Podhom, Bodešče and Selo. After the war, there were several attempts at reviving the cheese-making tradition on mountain pastures (e.g. Kranjska dolina, Belska planina and Selška planina), which, unfortunately, did not last long.
Kmetije
The beautiful cultural landscape surrounding Lake Bled has been shaped through the millennia by local farmers who take their herds to graze for part of the year on the meadows in the valley and on the nearby plateaus of the Julian Alps to which they are bound by ties of pride and affection.
High-quality cow's milk from family farms organised in to an agricultural and forestry co-operative is used to make a delicious culinary delight - Bled Cheese. Each farm carries a unique story.
Get to know them.
Farm PRI KRALJU
Selo pri Bledu
gospodar kmetije:
Milan Ambrožič
gospodar kmetije:
Ivan Šmit
Farm PRI SVETINU
Selo pri Bledu
Farm PRI ŠOBCU
Lesce
gospodar kmetije:
Anton Rogač
Farm PRI ŠNETU
Bohinjska Bela
gospodar kmetije:
Janez Burja
gospodar kmetije:
Miha Burja
Farm PRI JAMRU
Bohinjska Bela
Farm MARKELJ
Mlino
gospodar kmetije:
Janez Markelj
Farm PRNAČ
Zasip
gospodar kmetije:
Janez Janša
gospodar kmetije:
Anton Dežman
Farm PRI VORHU
Podhom
Farm PRI JEKLICU
Spodnje Laze
gospodar kmetije:
Vinko Frčej
Farm PRI PRNIKARJU
Perniki
gospodar kmetije:
Boris Kunšič
"Pri kmetovanju me najbolj veseli dobra letina."
Janez Vidic
Farm MOSTAR
Zasip
7 glav 5 ha
Farm ORENČOVC
Bodešče
11 glav 8 ha
"Delo na kmetiji mi prinaša zadovoljstvo, druženje in nekaj denarja."
Arh Franc
Farm PR' KVADVU
Zasip
12 glav 7 ha
"Po večletnem trudu uspeh ne izostane."
Stanislav Ambrožič
"Delo na kmetiji mi pomeni izredno veliko, saj je zame in mojo družino pretežni del dohodka. Poleg tega poskrbimo še za varstvo okolja in ga ohranjamo urejenega, saj si želimo, da bi se v čimboljši meri ohranil."
Filip Poklukar
Farm KAMNEK
Zgornje Gorje
31 glav 23 ha
Farm PR' DORNK
Zgornje Gorje
35 glav 25 ha
"Z delom na kmetiji ohranjam dediščino prednikov in pridelujem kakovostno hrano za lastno uporabo."
Matevž Slivnik
Farm PAVOVC
Zgornje Laze
47 glav 60 ha
"Pri pridelavi mleka mi je pomembno da je mleko kvalitetno, živali je treba oskrbeti z dobro ptipravljeno krmo, zraven pa sodi tudi ustrezna higiena."
Simon Lipovec
"Kmetija ima možnost širitve ali pa ostati na isti ravni s preusmeritvijo v ekološko."
Jože Soklič
Farm PR' DOVARJO
Selo pri Bledu
55-60 glav 30 ha
"Pri pridelavi mleka mi je pomembna kvalitetna, predvsem domača krma in s tem kakovostno mleko."
Erika Kristan
AMBRUŽEVA Farm
Zasip
160 glav 60 ha
"Pomembno mi je da se živali počutijo čim bolje, da so zdrave, veliko na paši in v moderni štali."
Jurij Pristov
"Delo na kmetiji je moj način življenja.."
Jože Mulej
"Pri kmetovanju mi veliko pomeni, da sami krojimo svojo usodo, vidimo rezultate dela, če je živina zdrava in polje obdelano..."
Mirko Rimahazi
Cows
High-quality cow's milk from the family farms organised into an agricultural and forestry co-operative is used to make a delicious culinary delight – Bled Cheese, which has been matured for at least two months and is now ready to be served.
On the Bled farms, as in general in Slovenia, the most common cattle breeds of cows are Holstein (black and white) and Simmental (brown and white).
Gorje village has been known for cow bell making for centuries. The bells are still used by the a cattle on mountain pastures.
Dairy cows need a well-balanced diet that includes fresh grass, hay, grain and grass, and corn silage.
