Marcel Bosch new managing director of Farm Food Natural Dog Food
As of January 1, 2024, 52-year-old Marcel Bosch has been appointed as the new general director of family-owned Farm Food Natural Dog Food in Nijverdal. This is announced by the De Weerd family and also shareholder of the company. “We are very grateful to Marcel for wanting to guide our company – together with all...
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Three and a half years ago, our family business first came up with the idea for a new, climate-neutral building. After putting our ideas on paper, we hired the Nieuwenhuis construction company to think along with us about the possibilities. Last week, the time finally arrived: we moved to our new building on the outskirts...
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Dietary table Farm Food Fresh Menu
Farm Food Fresh Menu Beef Complete: Dog’s weight: Puppy to young adult: (until 7-8 months) Young adult to adult: (until 16 months) Adult Dog Pregnant, lactating and working dogs Kilograms: Reduce the quantity for puppy to young adult per month Reduce the quantity for young adult to adult per month 1 → 5 106 →...
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Why don’t we use potato as an ingredient?
These days, potato is increasingly used as a starch source in feed to justify use of the “grain-free” descriptor. Potatoes originate from the Andes Mountains in South America and were only introduced to Europe in the Middle Ages, having been discovered by the Spaniards in approximately 1500 AD. Potatoes belong to the nightshade family and...
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Why don’t we use chickpeas or sweet potatoes as an ingredient?
Chickpeas and other legumes, including soybeans, contain 2 very harmful substances, namely: Antigens An antigen is a molecule that is capable of generating an autoimmune response in which antibodies are produced. When viruses and bacteria enter the body, the body recognises these matters as foreign, which generates an autoimmune response to enable healing. If the...
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Why not add ground bone as a source of calcium/phosphorus?
A large amount of phosphorus is from the meat itself and although ground bone, as a source of calcium, is financially attractive, we have chosen a mixture of inorganic calcium/phosphorus minerals in the interest of the life-long health of the dogs. This ensures the calcium/phosphorus balance in the food and absorption and, as a result,...
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Help… I am afraid to give my dog raw meat!
In the nutritional experts’ practice at Farm Food, we often hear from various dog owners who are anxious about using frozen fresh meat to feed their pets. That is why we would like to discuss some of the facts and fables. Why do some people have such strong opinions for and against feeding fresh meat?...
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Why just one food for all dogs?
As is generally recognised, all our dogs are descended from the wolf, and the various breeds have emerged by selection. However if we look at “the essence” of our dogs we see that, in terms of evolution, they are still at the same level as the wolf. Just like the basic behaviour of the wolf,...
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Advantages of Farm Food Fresh Menu
100% pure, fresh meat for dogs; with natural prebiotic properties The convenience of fresh meat of the familiar Farm Food quality without the need for a freezer. Ideal when: Your dog is a very fussy eater or has lost its appetite On holidays or during a day out Raw food is too inconvenient Raw food...
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Why chunks and fresh meat?
Why feed with complete fresh meat in addition to Farm Food HE? A healthy intestinal flora is one of the most important foundations for total health in your dog. If the intestinal flora is out of balance or too scarce, then health problems are guaranteed. Skin, coat, intestinal problems or allergies very often find their...
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Switching from your present food to Farm Food HE
You can change your dog’s diet to Farm Food HE in three ways, depending on the condition of your dog’s intestinal flora. When we refer to ‘fresh meat’ then we mean complete frozen fresh food containing sufficient ‘dirty’ or green tripe. Naturally Farm Food Fresh Tripe and Heart Complete contains sufficient unwashed tripe. Because Farm...
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Important! Feed with your eyes. After all, no two dogs are alike In our dietary table a guideline is given for how much a dog should eat per kilogram of body weight. But not every dog is the same. It is possible that your dog needs a bit more or less than the guideline we...
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Instructions Farm Food No.1
Always use clean material and boil off the bottle and the teat to ensure good hygiene. For the right amount of milk you have to mix approximately 7,5 gram Farm Food No. 1 into 25 ml water, or 30 gram of Farm Food No. 1 per 100 ml water. Because the density of the powder...
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What requirements does good dog food have to meet?
There are all sorts of claims made about feeding dogs, therefore it seems to us to be a good idea to indicate clearly the requirements that a COMPLETE DRY FOOD for dogs must meet. (In this information there is discussion of nutrients and foodstuffs. For the avoidance of doubt: foodstuffs are the products from which...
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Diet and behaviour of dogs
More and more indications are coming from various sides that not just amongst people, but also amongst dogs, daily diet has an influence on behaviour. We often hear that following a change or adjustment of diet, dogs become more stable, happy, and evenly behaved. We also receive more and more reports from behaviour therapists that...
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Extra attention for Giardia
Giardia is a stubborn stomach and intestinal parasite that can do a great deal of damage to the intestines. More and more often we are seeing dogs that are infected with this parasite. Unfortunately this infection is not always recognised or even detected. The reason is that giardia is not always visible from an inspection...
More informationDetoxification of your dog
Detoxification is a process that enables the body to remove all the toxic substances that have accumulated over time. The liver in particular has to be able to cleanse itself in order for this process to take place. The amount of toxic substances entering the body should also be lower than the amount of toxic...
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Carbohydrates in dog food
Negative reports are regularly written about all types of sources of carbohydrate in dog food (above all wheat and maize). Are the statements correct or have they gained a life of their own through repetition? Or is their origin to be found in marketing and promotion, and are the people who thought them up trying...
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Dog food ‘anno today’
As is generally accepted we can assume that dogs are descended from wolves. However the transition to household pet did not take place overnight. From wolf to wild dog – phase 1 One thing is fairly certain: the ancestors of today’s dogs were animals that lived in the wild, and which survived on whatever the...
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How to switch puppies to solid food
“Without a good intestinal flora there is no good health” is a slogan that according to our experience is gaining more and more importance. We encounter an increasing number of diarrhea and other intestinal problems (and not only in puppies) as a result of sparsely developed intestinal flora. We speak of a sparsely developed intestinal...
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The function of good intestinal flora
“Without good intestinal flora, no good health” is an expression that, in our experience, is becoming ever more important (and not alone) for our dogs. We regularly see intestinal, skin and other health problems as a result of unbalanced or poor intestinal flora. We use the terms unbalanced or poor intestinal flora when there are too...
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Farm Food Antlers – Deer antlers
The natural ‘toothbrush’ for dogs. Dog chews made of deer antler. 100% pure, sustainable and a true product of nature. No additives, irresistible, healthy and rich in minerals, to keep your dogs teeth clean, healthy and strong. Why Farm Food Antlers®? Dogs naturally have a strong need to chew on something. They do this...
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Position of Farm Food B.V., regarding negative coverage of rawhideon Facebook and internet. For years, reports have been going around Facebook and all kinds of (primarily American) websites about the harmful production methods used to make dog chews, lumping all dog chews together under the rawhide moniker. Although we consider this to be predominantly scaremongering (with no...
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Farm Food Trainers
The irresistible, natural treat for your dog A tasty and healthy dog snack to reward… and thereby to motivate. We know from experience that when dogs are positively approached (during an exercise or training), they are motivated even more to do their best. With a tasty reward each dog works with more fun and...
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Although there are several theories nearly everyone is in agreement that all our dogs (Canis Lupus Familiaris) in all their variety are descended from wolves (Canis Lupus), as different breeds. That they belong to the same family (Canis / Canidae) and, in spite of differences in appearance, are still very similar to each other, is...
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Advice on feeding
Experience has taught that most dogs cannot measure their diet if given unlimited feeding. The table on page 24 therefore gives an average guideline. For any guidelines the following always applies: use your eyes and observe when feeding, because no two dogs are the same. A good starting point is that you should be able...
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Dietary table and calculation Farm Food HE
Small breeds: a puppy of five months old weighing 4 kilograms Refer to our Farm Food HE dietary table (second column) for 42 – 31 g per kg bodyweight. A puppy in the weight category from 1 to 5 kg and aged 6 weeks should have begun with 42 g per kilogram bodyweight and this...
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Why pressed pellets?
Why, according to us, are pressed pellets healthier for your dog? here are two ways to produce dry food. These are extrusion and pressing. The biggest difference between these two is the absolute temperature during production. During extrusion the temperature of the food, under the influence of pressure and added warmth, rises to far above...
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Why Farm Food HE?
Farm Food HE: pressed, natural dog food since 1982. Farm Food HE contains no chemical antioxidants, preservatives, added colourings, aromas and/or flavourings Because of the high level of purity of the ingredients used there is no need to add chemical antioxidants and preservatives to Farm Food HE. This is also the reason for the limited...
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Healthy Dog Food
Your dog is closer to the wild than you think! Dear dog owner, The diversity of dog breeds may well be great and expanding, yet the representatives of all the breeds still have one thing in common with their shared ancestors, namely their digestive system. This works in exactly the same way as it always...
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