How does WildCare enhance essential Waitrose milk?
• The WildCare Scheme further enhances essential Waitrose Milk as it pays a premium to its dairy farmers and is dedicated to continual improvement via a sustainable dairy industry. • Waitroses Dairy Farmers take great pride in their environment – dedicating time and energy to manage their farms in a positive and responsible way, which safeguards the future of the countryside and encourages increased numbers and varieties of wildlife. • The WildCare initiative ensures all Waitrose Dairy Farmers dedicate a minimum of 10% of their farms to wildlife habitats, with the aim of improving biodiversity and species numbers on their land. • The WildCare initiative creates ‘wildlife corridors’ on Waitrose dairy farms helping to conserve hedgerows, ditches, watercourses and field margins. • Waitrose Dairy Farmers work with specialist wildlife advisors to develop Farm Wildlife Action Plans, with the aim of protecting and further enhancing the wildlife on their farms. • Each farm is monitored regular
