How can I buy milk to support farmers?

SamMT · 11-07-2012, 21:21

Listening to the news right now. It costs 16p per pint to produce and dairies are going to be paying 14p. Farmers are heartbroken and don't know where to turn. We buy a lot of milk & use the local milkman which we thought was a route supporting local dairy farmers but currently it comes from Hillsbro' dairy. Are they one of those paying 14p? I wish I could buy it from the farmer but guess this isn't practical!?

mj.scuba · 11-07-2012, 21:30

Yes awful situation, we don't want our dairy farmers going out of business and have to import it all from the continent. I'd be happy to pay a bit more if I knew the extra was going to the farmer and not increasing profit for the middle men.

biotechpete · 11-07-2012, 21:30

You can buy it direct from our cow Molly farm in dungworth or any of the city outlets they supply.

You can follow them on Twitter to find out more (@OurCowMolly). They tweet about other local suppliers too.

kenthack · 11-07-2012, 21:31

hillsbrough dairy was owned by the dairy farmers up untill a few years ago (all farmers that sold to it where part owners or something like that) and guess what, it went bust even though they supposebly got a good price and where the sole suppliers

asda , morrisons and co-op are the big names that are being named as the worst for paying farmers, for a change tescos are the good guys and paying out a higher price voluntary

mikeG · 12-07-2012, 09:18

We have our milk delivered but 90% of our road get it in 2/3 litre containers from the supermarket. We pay 60p a pint. When I delivered milk in 1966, nearly everyone relied on the milkman. Getting it from Tescos, etc, wasn't an option. In 20 years from now, milk deliveries will probably be a thing of the past.

GodStar · 12-07-2012, 09:36

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We have our milk delivered but 90% of our road get it in 2/3 litre containers from the supermarket. We pay 60p a pint. When I delivered milk in 1966, nearly everyone relied on the milkman. Getting it from Tescos, etc, wasn't an option. In 20 years from now, milk deliveries will probably be a thing of the past.

But does your 60p pint come from the same milk processing plant that the supermarkets and your neighbours get their from?- in other words does the farmer get to see any of the inflated price you are paying?

maryjane · 12-07-2012, 10:03

would also like to do this, apart from our cow molly then how can we all help??

alchresearch · 12-07-2012, 10:07

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Originally Posted by mj.scuba

I'd be happy to pay a bit more if I knew the extra was going to the farmer and not increasing profit for the middle men.

Same here. I'd have no problem paying an extra 10p per pint for milk.

Babooshka · 12-07-2012, 10:23

Moseley (?) still delivers, and sells his milk in the Just Natural shop in Crookes.

GodStar · 12-07-2012, 10:57

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Moseley (?) still delivers, and sells his milk in the Just Natural shop in Crookes.

Correction- he sells milk stolen from baby cows. It's not his!

Babooshka · 12-07-2012, 11:03

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Correction- he sells milk stolen from baby cows. It's not his!

What do you mean?

jaffa1 · 12-07-2012, 11:31

I've had a milkman all my life, I wouldn't dream of buying it grom a supermarket because most of it sold in supermarkets is French.

My last milkman 18 months ago travelled all the way from Oxspring and only charged 40p per pint, but now he has had to give it up.
I have a new one who charges 50p per pint but it's worth it just to know it's there on the doorstep every morning through all weathers.

GodStar · 12-07-2012, 11:49

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I've had a milkman all my life, I wouldn't dream of buying it grom a supermarket because most of it sold in supermarkets is French.
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i doubt this statement

GodStar · 12-07-2012, 11:51

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What do you mean?

Cows dont produce milk for humans- it's for their babies. Humans discard the babies and steal the milk!

danot · 12-07-2012, 11:56

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Originally Posted by SamMT

Listening to the news right now. It costs 16p per pint to produce and dairies are going to be paying 14p. Farmers are heartbroken and don't know where to turn. We buy a lot of milk & use the local milkman which we thought was a route supporting local dairy farmers but currently it comes from Hillsbro' dairy. Are they one of those paying 14p? I wish I could buy it from the farmer but guess this isn't practical!?

As Jonny Rotten says in the TV advert- 'It's their career choice'!

Harsh, but true.

Kerrangaroo · 12-07-2012, 12:16

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Originally Posted by GodStar

Cows dont produce milk for humans- it's for their babies. Humans discard the babies and steal the milk!

'tis a fact for sure but one that is beautifully glossed over by the industry. I have zero sympathy for struggling dairy farms.

Bypassblade · 12-07-2012, 12:19

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'tis a fact for sure but one that is beautifully glossed over by the industry. I have zero sympathy for struggling dairy farms.

I agree, how they going to fill up their fleets of range rovers, and the likes, nobody knows. They always come on with bleeding hearts on TV, and so hard done by, they're not you know.

Dark Moomin · 12-07-2012, 12:24

Ignoring the 'all animal products are baaad mmkay' brigade - I am told that supermarket wise Sainsburys, Waitrose and M&S are the best to buy from. Other than that see where the farmer's get their milk from?

Also - what do all you 'animal activists' think will happen to all the dairy herds if the farmers go under?

And not all farmers are rich, if I recall correctly those with money tend to be the ones that have hisotircally had large swathes of family land that they rent to people to farm... Most farmers struggle these days - especially with the incessant demand for seasonal produce year round.

Babooshka · 12-07-2012, 12:25

Well, as a human, and, therefore, omnivore, dairy, as well as meat, is part of my diet (albeit a small part). Seeing as though we are neither predators, nor scavengers, do you propose that all humans are vegan? Gosh, that would change the face of both the human and animal world as we know it.

Bypassblade · 12-07-2012, 12:25

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Originally Posted by Dark Moomin

Ignoring the 'all animal products are baaad mmkay' brigade - I am told that supermarket wise Sainsburys, Waitrose and M&S are the best to buy from. Other than that see where the farmer's get their milk from?

Also - what do all you 'animal activists' think will happen to all the dairy herds if the farmers go under?

And not all farmers are rich, if I recall correctly those with money tend to be the ones that have hisotircally had large swathes of family land that they rent to people to farm... Most farmers struggle these days - especially with the incessant demand for seasonal produce year round.

The point is they are not the only ones that struggle.