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Organicmilk vendingmachine bridges gap between cows and consumers in East Devon
We’re used to buying fizzy drinks, sweets and crisps from vending machines, but what about fresh milk?
Clinton Dairy in East Devon has set up a 24/7 mi machine at the popular Otterton Mill visitor centre, away, in an effffort to reduce food miles, waste, and with the local community.
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Customers using the Clinton Dairy vending machine, which will be refilled with fresh milk daily, will be able to see the cows which produce their milk grazing in the surrounding fields along the River Otter.
The vending machine’s location at the mill, which is understood to be among the 20 oldest businesses in the world, represents a synergy between history and modern innovation.
Farmers usually sell their milk to dairy companies which is then transported, often many miles away, for processing at regional pasteurising depots.Whereas the majority of milk from Otter Farm is processed 50 miles up the M5 in Bridgwater, the milk supplying the vending machines is pasteurised at a purpose-built facility at Otter Farm, so will boast little over one food mile – the distance food has to travel between source and destination.
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Barney Tremaine, farms manager of Clinton Devon Farms Partnership which owns the farm, said: “We wanted to give local people the opportunity to buy our fresh organic milk produced only hours before by cows grazing on their doorstep.
will be as “By cut
ting out the middle man and reducing food miles, the milk environmentally friendly at it gets and raise the profile of
organic farming, which prioritises animal welfare.”
The refrigerated vending machine holds 100 litres of whole milk and is fitted with a cash and card payment facility. Each litre of milk costs £1.50 and customers can purchase glass bottle for £2.50, or bring their own
bottles, so customers will a re-useable, recyclable
also be helping fight the war against single-use plastic . 14 |
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