GOOD NEWS – WE HAVE CHEESE & HONEY FOR YOU! – Posted in: Newsletter

We are happy to announce we now have a good stock of Ahimsa Gouda-style Semi-hard Cheese and Ahimsa Natural Spring Blossom Honey available for mailorder. Cheese is being made mostly from the milk of our Guernsey cow Lily, with some batches from Violet’s milk. Over the next 4-5 summer months we will also have increased milk available so we are beginning to work our way through our milk waiting list – giving priority to members/cow…

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BULLSH*T – TAKE TWO (part 2 of 4) – Posted in: Newsletter

by Nicola Pazdzierska, April 2018 (part 2 of 4) In part 1 we flagged the terrible plight of UK dairy bull calves. Around 20 per cent are euthanized at birth. Although numbers fluctuate from year to year that is nearly 100,000 appalling deaths. At the Ahimsa Dairy we think this is a crime against nature and we are fighting back. As Gandhi, the great Indian leader said: “Be the change you want to see in…

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BULLSH*T – THE HIDDEN STORY OF BULL CALVES (part 1 of 4) – Posted in: Newsletter

BULLSH*T – THE HIDDEN STORY OF BULL CALVES by Nicola Pazdzierska, April 2018 (part 1 of 4) Latest eye-watering figures from official sources state that in the UK: 1,007,000 calves are born as a result of the Dairy industry every year. Of these: 95,000 male calves are slaughtered within 3 days of birth 392,000 male calves are reared for beef and are slaughtered within 2 years of birth 520,000 are female calves who will become…

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Newsletter March 2018 – Posted in: Newsletter

Phew! … but hopefully we have now seen the last gasps of winter as the snow around the farm has finally melted. And what a long winter it has been with this season kicking off its icy blasts as far back as November and sending us Siberian snowfalls even after the official start of spring in March. News from the Farm Despite the snowdrifts we managed to get the milk out to our customers although…