A Revolutionary Dairy for the Future – the Ahimsa Vision – Posted in: Uncategorized

• The Ahimsa dairy is Britain’s first slaughter-free dairy where no cow or bull calf is ever killed
• We have been working with Commonwork, a large organic farm in Kent for three years and they have bred all of our cattle
• We are very grateful to have been associated with them during this time but we now want to move even closer to our revolutionary vision for dairy farming in Britain
• Our unique system of dairy farming is not possible within the Commonwork framework as their objectives are different

 An Opportunity

• We now have land in Leicester where we can establish a dairy farm run entirely to our own principles. A key aspect will be meaningful employment of bulls, this being the key to the sustainable success of the project, bulls cannot simply do nothing and be maintained by income generated from the sale of milk / milk products
• We have secured an excellent project manager, one of the top in Europe, he is both a hand-milker and ox-driver. He has over 15 years of experience running and developing a successful smallholding in Hungary. We therefore wish to shortly relocate our entire operation to Leicester.
• Our envisaged system and herd size is entirely manageable and sustainable both in the short term and for the future
• We can establish a holistic mixed farming system growing a variety of crops and employing bulls (oxen) for farm-work and running a dairy alongside. We will continue to work within an organic system using no chemical inputs and managing the land optimally for wildlife and the environment
• Every day we receive messages of support from people who are full of praise for what we are trying to achieve but we know we are not fully there yet
• We now have this wonderful opportunity to realise all of our ambitions and would ask you to help us in making our vision a reality

 Our Appeal – How You Can Help Support Us

• Our goal is to raise £135,573 towards setting up and first year transition costs after which the farm will be self-sustaining (A full breakdown of costs can be found below)
• We are looking to secure the initial £54,000 towards this goal within this month  – we would like to invite you to select one of the options below and join us on the achieving the next step:
  • 15 people to give £100 a month for 1 year = £18,000
  • 30 people to give £50 a month for 1 year = £18,000
  • 40 people to give £25 a month for 1 year = £12,000
  • 50 people to give £10 a month for 1 year = £6,000

    Total = £54,000

• And over the summer, from Jude, Gopi and friends (our team of young Ahimsa fundraising champions) – £6,000

  Grand Total = £60,000

Please consider being a part of the future of a more compassionate approach to dairy farming, go to the home page and follow the link for the Appeal For New Revolutionary Dairy

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