A strong movement in the 70s... More than a wish, a reality for Jean Etxeleku, father of the current director of Maison Agour , who laid, in 1981 , with five other associates, the first stone of the Fromagerie Agour .
"A project for the Basques , with the Basques " ... The idea appealed to around thirty shepherds around Hélette, in the heart of the northern Basque Country . "Bankers" of the company for the first three years, they agreed to provide the milk from their sheep and to be paid six to nine months later, when the cheeses were sold ... A risk-taking that was rewarded!