About Ekokoza
Our story · since 2007
It began with a single goat.It continues in your hands.
Ekokoza did not begin with a business plan. It grew out of an ordinary family need, hands-on work, and a desire to understand what we eat, use and make. From the first goat, through cheese and soap, to a European base serving more than half a million customers, the scale has changed.What drives us has stayed the same.
For us, returning to our roots does not mean rejecting the present. It means taking some responsibility back into our own hands — knowing what things are made from, being able to make informed choices, and creating with understanding.
the year the first Czech online shop was launched, together with a shop for Slovakia
of tried-and-tested recipes and guides that connect each ingredient with a real result
customers across Europe who have found ingredients, guidance or a reliable base for their own production with us
for people making at home, passionate creators and professional manufacturers
The first need
We wanted our own milk for our daughter.
One goat led to another. And one question to the next.
We got one goat. But goats need company, so a second one joined her. Then another. Before we knew it, we were living alongside a herd of several dozen goats.
More goats meant more milk than we could use. So the next natural question was:what should we do with it?We began making cheese and yoghurt. With no formal training, no readily available instructions, and no certainty that the first attempt would work.
Practical information was difficult to find online at the time. Rennet and cultures were mainly sold in large quantities, and ordinary people had nowhere to buy just what they needed. We learned through trial and error, observation and sharing.
And this was where the principle that still guides Ekokoza first emerged:what we had struggled to find for ourselves, we began making accessible to others.
A journey that was never planned
Ekokoza grew the way living things grow.
Not in one leap, and not according to a spreadsheet. Every next step grew from a real need, an experience, or a question from the people around us.
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2007
First goat
Milk of our own for the family, and the first step towards greater self-reliance.
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Soon afterwards
First cheeses
Learning from the ground up — finding methods, rennet and cultures.
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2009
Czech and Slovak online shops
Making supplies available in quantities that also make sense at home.
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The next step
First soap
From whey to soap, cosmetics, candles and a gentler home.
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The farm
A place to meet
Markets, food boxes, visits, recipes and experiences shared with others.
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2016
A new home in the Beskids
Moving to Fryčovice, larger warehouses and a greater focus on developing the online shop.
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2023
Ekokoza across Europe
France, Germany, Austria, Italy — and customers throughout the European Union.
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2026
Twice the warehouse capacity
The new warehouse allows us to keep reliable stock even for larger manufacturers and continue expanding our range.
From a need to a service
What we had searched for ourselves, we began sharing with others.
We had to buy rennet and cultures in packs far larger than we could use. So we offered the surplus to friends and people nearby. We soon discovered that we had a surprising number of “friends”.
In 2009, we launched our first Czech online shop, together with a shop for Slovakia. Not because we had decided to build a retail business. We wanted to make available what we ourselves had been missing:sensible quantities, clear guidance, and a real person you could ask.
Meanwhile, we took our cheeses to markets and added them to produce boxes alongside other goods. What had begun as a family need slowly became a source of support for other people who wanted to make things themselves — and make them well.
From cheese to soap
The same principle. New ingredients and new possibilities.
Whey was left over after making cheese. We did not want to waste something that could still be put to good use, so it became our first soap.
Then came balms, salves, creams, candles and gentler household products. The same pattern repeated itself: first we learned something for ourselves, then shared the method, and finally offered the ingredients needed to make it.
Try it in practiceFirst understand the ingredient, the process and its limits.
Explain the wider contextShare the recipe, the experience, the mistakes, and the reason something works.
Make it accessible to othersOffer ingredients, packaging, tools and the opportunity to ask questions.
The farm as a community
It was more than a place where things were made.
People began coming to the farm. They came to look around, taste, ask questions, and spend a while inside a life shaped by closeness to animals, the soil and the seasons.
We talked about self-reliance, our relationship with animals, and what we use every day on our bodies, in the kitchen and around the home. We shared our methods and received other people’s experiences, recipes and ideas in return.
That is why Ekokoza was never simply a one-way shop.From the very beginning, it was co-created by people who bought from us, experimented, asked questions and passed their experiences on.The Ekokoza recipe collection grew from this exchange too. Today it contains hundreds of tried-and-tested methods, and it continues to grow.
When values are more than words
Living close to nature also taught us to face its difficult realities.
Life with animals was not a romantic backdrop. It was beautiful, demanding and full of responsibility. It also revealed a conflict we could not ignore.
Dairy farming naturally means that male kids are born too. In the conventional system, however, they often have no future other than being raised for meat or used as feed for other animals. We never raised our goats for meat, and over time we could no longer reconcile ourselves with this reality.
That was one of the main reasons why we gradually closed the farm. The last of Ekokoza’s elderly goats moved with us to the Beskids, where they spent several more years grazing without any productive purpose — simply as our companions.
This makes us value all the more every farmer who continues this work and looks, every day, for the best possible way for people, animals and the landscape to live together.It is hard, beautiful and necessary work. We are sincerely grateful that people choose to do it.
The goats left. The idea remained.
A small farm became a professional base for your craft.
Moving to Fryčovice beneath the Beskids also gave the online shop room to grow. We added warehouses, a team, ingredient documentation, a broader range and systems that must work not only for a first experiment at home, but also for regular production. In 2026, we are completing a new warehouse that doubles our existing capacity, allowing us to maintain reliable stock for larger manufacturers and continue expanding the range.
Today you will find small sizes for testing a formulation as well as larger packs for your own brand. A beginner needs support. An experienced maker needs precision. A professional manufacturer needs consistency, information and a partner who understands that an ingredient must arrive in the right quality and at the right time.
Becoming more professional never meant abandoning the original idea.It meant giving that idea a stronger foundation. Just as there were boundaries we would not cross on the farm, there are boundaries we do not cross in the online shop today. Some things are not negotiable — and at the same time, we know that honesty often means finding the best possible balance where no ideal answer exists.
Since 2023, we have been developing Ekokoza in France, Germany, Austria, Italy and other countries across the European Union. Your orders are still prepared in Fryčovice beneath the Beskids. Abroad, however, we do not want simply to translate the same words into another language. We listen to real people, their experiences and their needs, and adapt our communication and support accordingly. The same team and the same sense of responsibility stand behind every parcel. After all, the need to understand what we put on our skin, use in our homes and make things from has no borders.
What has not changed
Four principles we still stand on today.
Our range, technology and scale continue to evolve. These principles have remained the same since the first time we searched for rennet for our own cheese.
Nature as a compass, not a backdrop
We have boundaries we will not cross. At the same time, we look for gentle, practical solutions even where no ideal option exists. We do not hide compromises — we explain openly why they are necessary and why we have chosen a particular path.
Knowing matters as much as having
An ingredient without context is not a complete solution. That is why we connect it with a recipe, a method, documentation and the possibility of speaking to someone who can help.
Honest craft, proven in practice
We begin with what can genuinely be made, repeated and explained — not with appealing shortcuts. For us, expertise means precision without superiority.
Co-creation instead of anonymous selling
Customers’ recipes, experiences and questions flow back into Ekokoza. What one person discovers can help another — in a different town, country or language.
Room for different paths
Whether you are making your first balm or your hundredth batch for customers.
The same idea can take many forms. Our role is to provide the kind of support that matches where you are today.
A confident first step
A clear recipe, a small pack, an explanation of what each ingredient does, and someone to ask when you are unsure.
Room to follow your own path
A broad choice, deeper context, packaging and tools that let you adapt and develop your formulation.
A reliable production partner
Larger packs, documentation, planned supply, expert communication and a dependable base for repeat production.
A story still being written
Ekokoza began in our hands. Today it continues in yours.
It continues every time you take an ingredient and turn it into something of your own. Every time you share a recipe, pass on experience or make something for someone you care about.
Perhaps you came to us for a single ingredient. We hope you will also find context, support and people with whom you can share your journey.We are glad we found one another.