Cooperativa Fernheim

The Fernheim Cooperative — the agricultural co-op that effectively runs everyday life in Filadelfia — has its central supermarket, hardware store, and offices on Avenida Hindenburg. The supermarket is interesting in its own right as a snapshot of how the colony works: shelves stacked with cooperative-brand dairy, sausages, jam, and bread, German labels alongside Spanish.

Drop in for a coffee, a Mennonite sausage, and a packet of the excellent cooperative cheese to take with you back to Asunción.

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The Fernheim cooperative is one of the largest businesses in Paraguay outside Asunción. Its Trébol-branded dairy products, made in nearby Loma Plata, account for a significant share of Paraguayan milk and cheese — a remarkable industrial output from a colony of around 5,000 people.

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