THE TARBAIS BEAN Online sales Signs of Quality Recipes News / News Contacts Reception ◘ History ◘ Production ◘ Terroir ◘ Cooperative ◘ Partners ◘ Links ◘ Media library Tarbais Bean Cooperative : its history, its functions, its people In the Adour valley, a handful of Bigourdans farmers, proud of this local wealth, decided in the 1980s to relaunch the production of Tarbais beans in this region of the Pyrenees with an ideal soil and climate. This initiative materialized in 1988 with the creation of a Cooperative around 12 producers. In 1997, Tarbais bean became the first bean to be awarded a Label Rouge. And it is in 2000 that a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) will consolidate it in the strictly delimited zone where its culture flourishes. The Tarbais Haricot Cooperative (CHT) today: >> see organization chart 64 members spread over the entire IGP zone 5 permanent jobs and many seasonal jobs (15 full-time equivalents) 120 ha in production including 75 ha on maize 130 tonnes sold each year a sorting workshop and a supply center for members a marketing and sales department reachable from Monday to Friday ensuring deliveries all year round a technical service dedicated to member producers The role of the cooperative is to provide the farmer with all the advice and services necessary for the production of Tarbais beans in accordance with the specifications of the Label Rouge and the IGP but also to ensure the promotion and marketing. of the entire harvest of its members The Tarbais Haricot Cooperative (CHT) has a multi-card technical service: A Director and a Technical Manager empowered to manage quality procedures More than 150 field visits per year: Label Rouge internal controls, technical advice ... About fifteen warning bulletins per year: help in the management of reasoned production Carrying out around a hundred soil analyzes and around ten residue analyzes per year. Between 3 and 5 technical field meetings per year: intervention of specialists in vegetable crops, ... Setting up and monitoring of field experiments. Specific supply center: small staking equipment, specific supplies, etc. Help with seasonal workforce management. Management of the Cooperative's sorting workshop: use of machines, reception and approval of batches, daily management, etc. The Tarbais Haricot Cooperative (CHT) has an operational and competent sales department: A Marketing Sales Manager and a Sales Assistant at your disposal. Une gamme de produits allant de la semence au haricot sec, en passant par les haricots cuisinés (disponibles 12 mois sur 12). Devis sous 24 heures. Gestion des commandes et de la traçabilité montante et descendante informatisée. Formation des commerciaux vers les clients sur les produits à la demande. Organisation d'animations sur site par des producteurs, salariés ou agences d'animations à la demande. Une large gamme de PLV et d'outils publi-promotionnels pour accompagner les ventes. Presence of the Cooperative at numerous promotional fairs: Agriculture fairs in Paris and Tarbes, Saveurs fairs (winter) and Paris Fermier, SISQUA in Toulouse, Tarbais bean festival (September), fairs in Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, ... Presence of the Cooperative at many professional events. Top of page Haricot Tarbais Cooperative - 4 chemin de Bastillac - 65000 Tarbes - Tel: + 33 (0) 5 62 34 76 76 - cht@haricot-tarbais.com Document financed with the help of the European Community