April 2016 Sadly we have to tell you that Champa, the cow you sponsor passed away last weekend after a short illness. She was our oldest cow and will be sorely missed. Champa was a great character and grew to love being fed treats such as greens, carrots and biscuits. Originally she used to headbutt anyone who offered her anything, but eventually would swallow your whole hand as she eagerly tucked in. She was mother…
Continue readingMy name is Darlia, which means moth. I am a quiet and peaceful cow and am three-years old. My colour is all black, although my breed is Swedish Red. I gave birth in October to my first calf. Sponsor me here
Continue readingAn ugly acronym – HACCP – is just as unpleasant when it is spelt out. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point is a formal and systematic food safety system that is used to control risks in the food industry and it is blighting our lives. We fully accept the need for safe procedures when producing and processing our milk, but from being a micro-dairy we are now in the hell of micro-management of our entire…
Continue readingIt has been a challenging end to 2015 for the Ahimsa Dairy and oxen. For a long time we have been planning to move our milking cows from the Kent Commonwork Farm to our Groby (Leicestershire) neighbour’s farm, where we would set up our mobile milking unit. Our Groby site land is without electricity – which we need for the processing of milk – so the arrangement with our neighbour had solved that problem for…
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