How are the cows treated on the farm?
We do everything in our power to ensure that the cows are healthy and happy. Keeping their diet free of grain is the first and most important step in keeping the cows healthy. The cows are never kept on a feed lot but have constant access to pastures at all times of the year and they have their choice of minerals at all times. We do not use chemicals or antibiotics on the cows at any time. Calves are kept with their mothers for as long as possible to allow the calves to suckle which starts the calves off right. They are given pure cows milk until they wean themselves. In an effort to keep the cows as healthy as possible we only milk the cows once a day. We don’t get as much milk but there is not undue pressure on the cow’s udders. Both the use of grain in the diet and the practice of milking several times each day are methods of forcing the cow to produce more milk than they would naturally.
