Ruderatshofen / Landkreis - The Ostallgäu eco-model region has achieved another success with the Bergmangalpe Ruderatshofen: The inn is certified according to EU legislation for organic farming and is now officially allowed to use the German organic seal on the menu. The Ostallgäu eco-model region assisted the company with the certification
“Organic is a matter of course for us,” explain the hosts Katha and Hans Jäger.
"We both value high-quality food, preferably organic, preferably from the region." In April 2019 they took over the Bergmangalpe on the ridge between Apfeltrang and Ruderatshofen.
The corona protective measures presented the restaurateurs with difficult economic conditions.
It was all the more important for both of them to position themselves clearly from the start.
"We want to show that organic also works in the catering trade," says Hans Jäger.
"You are what you eat"
Katha Jäger, who grew up on an organic farm at the foot of the mountain range, knows about the special quality of the products.
There are organic country hunters from the farm that has since been taken over by their brother, organic cheese from regional dairies, organic wood-fired bread, organic vegetables and
Salad, organic oils and homemade cakes with organic eggs and organic spelled flour.
"You are what you eat.
That is our conviction, ”explains Katha Jäger.
But for them it is not about organic at any price.
You won't find an avocado from South America in your kitchen, but coffee from a roastery in neighboring Aitrang.
Regional is at least as important for both of them.
They know their suppliers and the companies.
"Many more will follow"
The map of the Bergmangalpe is designed according to the season and availability.
“Our guests know that and are happy when we keep coming up with other special dishes,” laughs Katha Jäger.
"In addition to our pioneer and flagship hotel in the Ostallgäu, the Bio-Hotel Eggensberger in Hopfen am See, the Bergmangalpe is now the second eco-certified catering business," says Florian Timmermann, project manager of the Ostallgäu eco-model region.
“And I am sure that many more will follow these examples,” he adds.
The organic certification is "a mark of quality and gives guests and restaurateurs security and a good feeling".
The Ostallgäu eco-model region assists the companies with certification, which is carried out in cooperation with an official eco-control body.
She also advises gastronomy and producers and can thus create helpful contacts and connections.
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