{"id":95682,"date":"2017-07-24T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T11:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=95682"},"modified":"2017-07-20T12:33:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T11:33:28","slug":"uks-first-slaughter-free-dairy-farm-gains-a-permanent-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/07\/uks-first-slaughter-free-dairy-farm-gains-a-permanent-home\/","title":{"rendered":"UK’s First ‘Slaughter-free’ Dairy Farm Gains a Permanent Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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13 Jul 2017 – <\/em>A dairy company which doesn’t cull its older cows, but instead “retires them”, has moved to a new permanent home.<\/p>\n

The UK’s first “slaughter-free” dairy farm, Ahimsa dairy, is hoping its model will be picked up upon by other farms.<\/p>\n

Dairy cows are usually culled when they get older and cannot produce as much milk. But for Ahimsa dairy, the older cows are “retired”.<\/p>\n

Newborn calves are normally separated from their mothers, but they stay together as grazing partners at the Ahimsa dairy.<\/p>\n

The dairy farm has now acquired land in Manton, Rutland, after previously renting land in Leicestershire.<\/p>\n

The inspiration behind the Ahimsa Dairy comes from the farm at Bhaktivedanta Manor, which is run by the Hare Krishna community, a Hindu religious organisation.<\/p>\n

‘Build for the future’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its website states: “Thanks to support from our wonderful friends and supporters we have finally completed the purchase of new organic land in Rutland. Our cows now have a permanent home and we can start to build for the future.<\/p>\n

“So far we have bought 48 acres of land in the lovely village of Wing. We are also renting a further 24 acres there with an option to buy in 18 months.<\/p>\n

“We are renting a yard adjacent to the land with a track running down to the fields where our cows spent the winter in a barn. They were over-joyed when we finally opened the gate and let them run out onto the grass.”<\/p>\n

The Ahimsa Dairy Foundation is a not-for-profit company, and produces 23,000 of litres of milk a year.<\/p>\n

Until recently, the model was piloted and worked in partnership with an organic dairy and environmental charity in Kent called Commonwork, and with OMSco \u2013 the Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative. They are now independent.<\/p>\n

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