Where to buy milk

[Daddy Pig]

people keep asking me where they should buy their milk in the vain hope that those who produce it will receive a better price

 

[happycows]

Cravendale in any supermarket. Brand by Arla that has 3000 British dairy farmers on board.
If your really keen

http://www.findmeamilkman.net/

 

[Derrick Hughes]

We used to have it delivered, shame when it stopped

 

[MickMoor]

Last week we stopped at the new service area on the M5. I bought a litre of milk, organic, pasteurised, a bit dear, but NOT HOMOGENISED. It tasted so good, I asked several other people to try it, andall agreed it tasted how milk used to. Why do famers produce a superb product, and then let others further up the supply chain spoil it? Is it some sort of in built laziness left over from the MMB days? Cravendale is OK , but his was really tasty, so come on, get a grip of the marketting if you are producing a premium product, if not, let the rest of the world have their way, and look for alternative employment.

 

[Thick Farmer]

I've been trying to find non homogenised milk for years!

 

[Barleycorn]

The m5 services are brilliant, put the usual Moto crap to shame.
Worth a detour to visit.

 

[York]

Last week we stopped at the new service area on the M5. I bought a litre of milk, organic, pasteurised, a bit dear, but NOT HOMOGENISED. It tasted so good, I asked several other people to try it, andall agreed it tasted how milk used to. Why do famers produce a superb product, and then let others further up the supply chain spoil it? Is it some sort of in built laziness left over from the MMB days? Cravendale is OK , but his was really tasty, so come on, get a grip of the marketting if you are producing a premium product, if not, let the rest of the world have their way, and look for alternative employment.

Now, if you drink:
- grass fed milk
- increased certain fat (can't remember, but it's the fat formed out of pasture & also in fish oil
- not pasteurized
- not homogenised
you get the taste of real milk and what is possible to be delivered to the consumer.
Was fortunate enough to have been on a number of operations & to try their milk & produce on site ;-)
WOW is the only thing what is describing it the best!
York-Th.

 

[MickMoor]

The m5 services are brilliant, put the usual Moto crap to shame.
Worth a detour to visit.

Run by the same people who run one up the M6, and Junction 38 truckstop, where we always breakfast if heading North!

 

[Steevo]

people keep asking me where they should buy their milk in the vain hope that those who produce it will receive a better price

Point them in the direction of FW. Something useful they have done:

http://www.fwi.co.uk/business/milk-map-support-snowballs-as-public-and-farmers-react.htm

 

[TheRanger]

What branded liquid milk products would support farmers supplying First Milk?

 

[suffolksmallholder]

As I'm delivering 'motors' I very occasionally see a sign for 'fresh milk' direct from the farm. There's one near to my place but its a rare sight. Perhaps the beaurocracy is too much but I would have thought that direct sales would bring in a little extra income?
SS

 

[RobFZS]

As I'm delivering 'motors' I very occasionally see a sign for 'fresh milk' direct from the farm. There's one near to my place but its a rare sight. Perhaps the beaurocracy is too much but I would have thought that direct sales would bring in a little extra income?
SS

i dunno how you'd make a do really, you'd have to sell alot of fresh milk everyday just to make a living wage, nevermind cover overheads

 

[Gulli]

As above, footfall is the biggest problem selling direct, unless you can take it to the customer via farmers markets etc.
You would have to do an awful lot to move all your milk though, but every little helps

 

[jimmer]

i dunno how you'd make a do really, you'd have to sell alot of fresh milk everyday just to make a living wage, nevermind cover overheads

a friend used to sell green top milk (straight from the tank)
scooped off the top for full fat
out of the tap for skimmed
turn the paddle on for semi skimmed
he had an arrangement with arla that he could sell at the farm gate , although it wasnt a great volume it was easy money as long as you were tb free

 

[Bandrews]

Now, if you drink:
- grass fed milk
- increased certain fat (can't remember, but it's the fat formed out of pasture & also in fish oil
- not pasteurized
- not homogenised
you get the taste of real milk and what is possible to be delivered to the consumer.
Was fortunate enough to have been on a number of operations & to try their milk & produce on site ;-)
WOW is the only thing what is describing it the best!
York-Th.

I've been trying to find non homogenised milk for years!

I think Calon Wen is just about the only non-homogenised milk you can get in supermarkets. Morrisons sells it.

 

[York]

here in D. it's allowed for a farmer to sell his own milk on his farm directly to the consumer. They call it "Milk filling station".
Here you can see a map, http://www.milchtankstellen.com/front_content.php?idcat=3
click on a state and all the available places are shown. Ok, not all, as I know of already 2 which are not marked. Even down the road in the city of Berlin there is one farm and in a other part of the city I know of a other farm where you can get fresh, nonpasturised milk.
A lot of them use automatic milk dispensers like this:
http://www.risto-vending.com/en/
one of the used suppliers of this automatic milk dispersers.
I reckon, after a little research, that around Berlin we have within reasonable distance at least 10 of this sites. Now for me still not what I'm looking for as I need Grass fed milk, not based on 70% or maise silage and GMO soy bean meal.
York-Th.

 

[RobFZS]

here in D. it's allowed for a farmer to sell his own milk on his farm directly to the consumer. They call it "Milk filling station".
Here you can see a map, http://www.milchtankstellen.com/front_content.php?idcat=3
click on a state and all the available places are shown. Ok, not all, as I know of already 2 which are not marked. Even down the road in the city of Berlin there is one farm and in a other part of the city I know of a other farm where you can get fresh, nonpasturised milk.
A lot of them use automatic milk dispensers like this:
http://www.risto-vending.com/en/
one of the used suppliers of this automatic milk dispersers.
I reckon, after a little research, that around Berlin we have within reasonable distance at least 10 of this sites. Now for me still not what I'm looking for as I need Grass fed milk, not based on 70% or maise silage and GMO soy bean meal.
York-Th.

how strongly are they regulated?

 

[York]

how strongly are they regulated?

They have to document how much milk they sell, but so far not more regulated as the milk quality is monitored by the pick up tanker. Always change the milk every day etc.. So far I haven't heard of any additional regulation.
What I heard is that there is one farmer which markets 40000 l/annually through this. A universal price is 1€/l. Tanker price is anywhere in the 30cent/l range ATM. No one will lower the price at the farm gate, never heard of it.
Another supplier is from Switzerland:
another manufacturer of this automat's is from Switzerland:
http://www.brunimat.ch/en/brunimat-milk-vending-machines.html
it also there very popular. in Switzerland.
Why not produce on a vacant industrial site within London milk, cart in the hay, grow veggies on the cow patties?

York-Th.

 

[farmer on a bike]

What branded liquid milk products would support farmers supplying First Milk?

I don't think they have any branded fresh products, there factories are cheese and sport supplements I believe. Not sure if they still sell a bit of milk to Muller. Sad really. If I am wrong hopefully someone will correct me.

 

[Sid]

I know of a farmer that is selling milk direct, fresh, unpasturised, unhomoganised direct to your door. There was an issue with a couple of consumers having stomah upsets so the FSA closed them down for 6 months plus, did thousands of tests including DNA tests trying to link it back to the farm , which they didn't managed to do. This farm now has to rebuild a market destroyed by the FSA, even while shut down their customers were n the phone everyday asking when tthey would start supply again.

The whole system is wrong!