A Dairy Revolution
We want cow-with-calf regenerative dairy farming to become as normal as free-range eggs.
So we are going to do everything we can to show that this approach to dairy farming is productive, efficient and affordable. That means, we're going to share everything we know.
Work has begun on a filming project. This is about capturing as much as possible about what goes on here in a year, with the goal of turning it into a documentary, that we hope will inspire others to adopt a similar system. Filming started during spring calving, and there’s a lot still to capture. It’s a big undertaking.
After we hit the crowdfunding goal for our book, we published the short video below that includes a thank you from David, and provides a taster of the footage gathered so far.
Read the Introduction
Click the link below to download a copy of the introductory chapter. Written by Wilma, the Introduction describes a pivotal moment in the development of today’s cow-with-calf dairy farming system, and it explains the reasons why ‘A Dairy Story’ has been written.
Thank You
It's difficult to put into words just how grateful we are for the support and encouragement of our customers, supporters and those who have visited our farm over the years.
Many people have helped us develop our current farming system, and many of those have done so with the hope that cow-with-calf dairy farming could become much more commonplace. We hope that too.
For that to happen will require a big shift in mindset in the industry, driven by a push from the public, encouragement from government, and an understanding of the wider benefits of agroecological farming. It will also require knowledge and experience to be shared. We hope that sharing as much as possible about what we know and have learned will help.
Our goal over the next year is to make sure that nothing about our farm transformation is left unsaid.
Wilma & David