ROSA CANINA

About ROSA CANINA

Rosa Canina is a cooperative with an eco-social purpose based in the Liège region. It grew out of the shepherding profession and now develops ecological grazing and broader ecological land-management services with biodiversity as its guiding horizon.

The company presents itself as a collective project built around a flock, shared resources, and a cooperative organization. It aims to strengthen its capacity to act for biodiversity while also creating employment opportunities linked to its activities.

Core Values

• Biodiversity: The company explicitly frames its work as serving biodiversity, with the ecosystem as its horizon.
• Cooperation: Rosa Canina emphasizes mutualizing equipment, consolidating its cooperative structure, and inviting people to become cooperative members.
• Eco-social purpose: It describes itself as a cooperative with an eco-social purpose, linking environmental action with employment creation.
• Local anchoring: The activity is rooted in the Liège region and built from the shepherding trade and local ecological needs.

Unique Aspects

• Shepherding-based model: Rosa Canina starts from the profession of shepherd and uses the flock as the foundation for its ecological services.
• Cooperative structure: The company is organized as a cooperative and actively seeks cooperative members to support its development.
• Broader nature services: In addition to grazing, it offers complementary biodiversity-friendly services such as tree and hedge planting and late mowing.
• Wool side activity: The cooperative also highlights the valorization of wool and the development of artisanal wool products, adding a circular dimension to its work.