LENA, Ill., Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, in
collaboration with Savencia Cheese USA, Consul General of France Guillaume Lacroix, on behalf of the
French Republic, will award Dennis
Bergman, President of the Village
of Lena, Illinois, with the designation of Knight in the
Order of Agricultural Merit.
Dennis Bergman comes from a long
line of cheesemakers, including his father Harold Bergman, who was a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin Cheese Making
School, and settled in Lena to
work at Kolb-Lena in the 1940s. President Bergman grew up on a
dairy farm where some of his chores included making silage,
harvesting corn and oats, and feeding and milking dairy cows. He
was a member of the Erin Green Hornets 4H Club and participated in
many events at the annual Stephenson County Fair.
Today, as President of the Village of
Lena for over 15 years, Dennis
Bergman continues to make valuable contributions to
agriculture in his community. Dennis has been on the Lena trustee board since 1979 and helped with
the development of the new Kolb-Lena facility in the early 80s and
in 1987 with the acquisition of the creamery by Savencia Fromage
& Dairy. Dennis is instrumental on the expansion and
preservation of the farmlands in his area and was a strong advocate
when Kolb-Lena launched Dorothy's Cheese back in 2018. For
these reasons and more, he will receive the high distinction of
Knight in the Order of Agricultural Merit.
Instituted in 1883 by then French Minister of Agriculture Jules
Méline, the Ordre du Mérite Agricole (Order of Agricultural
Merit) is a distinction bestowed by the French Republic
for outstanding contributions, among others, to agriculture,
agro-food industry and gastronomy, regardless of the nationality of
the recipient.
The official decoration ceremony will take place at 2PM at Kolb-Lena Creamery, the first
European-style cheesery in the Midwest, owned by French-owned
company, Savencia Cheese USA. It
will be attended by Dominique Huth,
President and CEO of Savencia Cheese North America, friends and
family of Dennis Bergman, and
members of the Kolb-Lena Creamery team.
About Savencia Cheese USA:
Savencia is a family owned group, operating mainly in the cheese
and dairy industry as well as fine delicatessen and chocolate.
SAVENCIA Fromage & Dairy is amongst the world's leading
companies in producing specialty cheeses. In October 2019, Rogue River Blue Cheese by Rogue
Creamery, a recent addition to
the Savencia Fromage & Dairy family, was the first
American-made cheese to receive the top of honor of World's Best
Cheese at the 2019 World Cheese Awards in Bergamo, Italy.
Press Contact:
Sebastien Lehembre
sebastien.lehembre@savenciacheeseusa.com
+ 717-405-8838
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