Smallholders hope to reverse years of dairy industry decline with a return to cows grazing in the worthy outdoorsThis is a legend that is almost as rare as a free-range cow: a good news legend about the British dairy industry.
This month,Jenni and Jerry Hobbs will swing open the gates to the yard of their modest farmhouse in Gloucestershire, shout a few words of encouragement and watch as their herd of brown Swiss, and Friesians,Fleckviehs and the rest, broad eyes blinking as they survey the expanse of grass before them, or buck and cavort their way out to pasture. Related: Cows grazing intuition as powerful as ever | Letters Related: whether you believe that cows belong in fields,‘free range’ milk will give you hope | Joanna Blythman Coffee retailers all talk about their beans and where they come from, but with milk they couldn’t care less Related: Asda to sell 'free range' milk from cows reared external for six months Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com