There’s a place in Perham where the people keep working all day and night, even after the cows have come home.
In 1908, Bongards’ Creameries was founded in Bongards, Minn. In 2003, the company bought the former Land O’ Lakes plant in Perham and began producing cheese and whey products here. Over the past 11 years, Bongards’ has continued to turn out quality dairy products, with the plant operating 24/7, 365 days of the year. At press time, the company had 117 employees in Perham and was in the process of upgrading much of its equipment to help keep up with high demand. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1493378","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"321","img-alt":"","img-title":"","width":"480"}}]] Cheese is a nation-wide favorite food for pizza, sandwiches, pasta and more. But how many people know how it’s made? How does Bongards’ make its delicious Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby, Colby Jack, mozzarella and reduced-fat cheeses, to mention protein powders and deproteinized whey solids? Read more on Bongards and more stories like this one in our 2015 Progress Guide Magazine, inside this week's Perham Focus Newspaper. There’s a place in Perham where the people keep working all day and night, even after the cows have come home. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1493377","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"321","img-alt":"","img-title":"","width":"480"}}]] In 1908, Bongards’ Creameries was founded in Bongards, Minn. In 2003, the company bought the former Land O’ Lakes plant in Perham and began producing cheese and whey products here. Over the past 11 years, Bongards’ has continued to turn out quality dairy products, with the plant operating 24/7, 365 days of the year. At press time, the company had 117 employees in Perham and was in the process of upgrading much of its equipment to help keep up with high demand.
Cheese is a nation-wide favorite food for pizza, sandwiches, pasta and more. But how many people know how it’s made? How does Bongards’ make its delicious Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby, Colby Jack, mozzarella and reduced-fat cheeses, to mention protein powders and deproteinized whey solids? Read more on Bongards and more stories like this one in our 2015 Progress Guide Magazine, inside this week's Perham Focus Newspaper. There’s a place in Perham where the people keep working all day and night, even after the cows have come home.
In 1908, Bongards’ Creameries was founded in Bongards, Minn. In 2003, the company bought the former Land O’ Lakes plant in Perham and began producing cheese and whey products here. Over the past 11 years, Bongards’ has continued to turn out quality dairy products, with the plant operating 24/7, 365 days of the year.At press time, the company had 117 employees in Perham and was in the process of upgrading much of its equipment to help keep up with high demand.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1493378","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"321","img-alt":"","img-title":"","width":"480"}}]]Cheese is a nation-wide favorite food for pizza, sandwiches, pasta and more. But how many people know how it’s made? How does Bongards’ make its delicious Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby, Colby Jack, mozzarella and reduced-fat cheeses, to mention protein powders and deproteinized whey solids? Read more on Bongards and more stories like this one in our 2015 Progress Guide Magazine, inside this week's Perham Focus Newspaper. There’s a place in Perham where the people keep working all day and night, even after the cows have come home.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1493377","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"321","img-alt":"","img-title":"","width":"480"}}]]In 1908, Bongards’ Creameries was founded in Bongards, Minn. In 2003, the company bought the former Land O’ Lakes plant in Perham and began producing cheese and whey products here. Over the past 11 years, Bongards’ has continued to turn out quality dairy products, with the plant operating 24/7, 365 days of the year.At press time, the company had 117 employees in Perham and was in the process of upgrading much of its equipment to help keep up with high demand.
Cheese is a nation-wide favorite food for pizza, sandwiches, pasta and more. But how many people know how it’s made? How does Bongards’ make its delicious Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby, Colby Jack, mozzarella and reduced-fat cheeses, to mention protein powders and deproteinized whey solids? Read more on Bongards and more stories like this one in our 2015 Progress Guide Magazine, inside this week's Perham Focus Newspaper.
