LOVE LOCAL Dairy Goodness
Happy, healthy cows are the key to top quality milk, cheese and other dairy products...
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ilk is a staple part of our diets here in the UK: a 2015 survey showed that only 6% of adults reported not using milk in their household in
the previous three months. It provides 19% of the calcium intake of adults in the UK, and milk, yoghurt, cheese and other dairy products are incredibly versatile when it comes to cooking. Calcium plays a vital role in our diets,
from when we’re infants right up to our twilight years. We’ve seen lots of negative press about dairy in recent years, from the low prices paid to some farmers to the supposed health risks of full fat milk and the number of people that now choose to avoid dairy in their diets – but we’re here to ring dairy’s praises. And where better to start than in Blagdon
at Yeo Valley, whose farm is packed full of dairy goodness…
“Did you know that to get the same amount of calcium as you would from 200ml of milk, you’d have to eat 680g broccoli, 990g spinach or 63 Brussels sprouts? It’s easy to overlook milk – add it to your tea or pour it over your cereal but rarely do you appreciate it in its fullest sense. Here at Yeo Valley, we think that milk is our very own super-food, and we’re not afraid to champion it. As British dairy farmers, we know how
much love and care is poured in to every drop of milk in your fridge and the huge eff ort made to deliver organic goodness from pasture to pot. T e story starts with healthy soil, the best raw ingredient. In our Somerset Valley the soil is planted with clover to lock nitrogen in to the ground, growing lush pasture for our cows. Free from pesticides, GMOs and chemical fertilisers, our cows graze
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