EAT YOGURT
A Dairy Legacy Forged Across War and Continents.
Origins in the Alps
Our story begins in late 16th-century Switzerland, more than 400 years ago, where our ancestors lived as pastoral farmers at the foothills of the Alps, sustaining themselves through dairy craftsmanship generation after generation. The formulas and cultures they developed were the crystallization of centuries of family wisdom: rich, refined, and known only within the family, never shared beyond it. Every spoonful of yogurt and every wheel of cheese embodied a profound respect for the land and for milk itself.
When War Disrupted Everything
By 1939, the shadow of World War II had fallen across Europe. Our grandfather lived near the Swiss border, and due to trade and family ties, members of the family frequently traveled to neighboring France for dairy commerce. In 1940, Nazi Germany occupied northern France. War and political upheaval forced the younger generation into displacement, and one relative who remained in France was compelled to flee. During this turmoil, the family’s precious dairy formulas were temporarily lost, and generations of craftsmanship came close to disappearing.
The Lost Manuscript
Years later, a handwritten manuscript hidden beneath old wooden boards was rediscovered. It was our grandfather’s own record of the family formulas, clear in detail, yet trembling in script, as if carrying a final message to future generations: never let the family’s dairy knowledge vanish.
With this rediscovered legacy, two young members of the family, together with their French wives, crossed the Atlantic and immigrated to British North America in the mid-19th century, where fertile land and opportunity drew skilled European farming families. There, the foundations of the family’s Canadian dairy tradition were laid.
Preserved by Hand
In Canada, the family rebuilt their farm and carried forward centuries-old dairy traditions by hand.
Every EAT YOGURT product is farm-based and handcrafted, with the original natural formulas and cultures faithfully preserved. Each bite of yogurt is the culmination of survival through war, exile, and transatlantic migration—more than a dairy product, it is a living testament that transcends generations, conflict, and time.
Wisdom from 400 Years of Dairy Tradition
As our ancestors always said,
“This dairy is the time held in our hands, and the gift the land has entrusted to us.”
This wisdom has been faithfully preserved in our family for centuries.
