We are proudly part of the Countryside Stewardship scheme, including: planting herbal leys, leaving buffer strips in our silage fields and around ditches, switching to biannual trimming of hedges to allow second year growth, planting new hedges and gapping up existing ones, planting trees including (disease resistant Elms) around our parks, installing owl, bird and bat boxes and restoring an ancient pond!
We pride ourselves on being as energy efficient as possible. All our electrical devices use the most up to date specifications.
In our main dairy we are now using a heat exchanger to help heat our hot water system, so as our cows are being milked, the heat from their milk is being used to warm our water which is used to clean the parlour after milking.
We are currently exploring options to switch to solar energy to power our dairy, drastically reducing our electricity inputs
Our lighting is all low energy and uses sensors so the lights are only on when needed. We also use cleaning products that are all environmentally friendly and low in chemicals.
We recycle all our plastic farm waste, all silage bale wrappers and containers.
Our milk bottles are glass and reusable, heat and dishwasher proof and have a reusable screw top. We care about the environment and feel it is important to look after our planet. We are keen to avoid plastic packaging!
We use all our own slurry to fertilise our fields, ensuring a use for our cows waste.
All our building work has been done by local tradesmen, we are keen to support local businesses.
One last thing, our milk has ZERO food miles, unless you count the journey from the milking parlour to our pasteurising room across the yard!