
Could seeing cows grazing in fields become a thing of the past?
With the value of milk at an all-time low, dairy farmers are under pressure to use factory farming methods. This is where cows live indoors, for the majority, of their lives.
In 2010, Not in My Cuppa successfully fought a proposal to build an 8000-cow mega-dairy in Nocton, Lincolnshire.
In 2012, we took our campaign to Europe. Almost 300,000 European citizens called for cows to be free to graze on grass.
In 2012, members of the community of Lower Leighton, a small village in Wales, asked us for help. Despite a High Court challenge by us, the proposed 1000-cow factory dairy farm went ahead.
In 2015, we asked for the facts about where our milk comes from. We called on farmers, supermarkets and UK Government to respond. We also wanted to champion farmers that graze their cows on grass for the majority of the year.
We championed Free Range Dairy Network. Their Pasture PromiseTM label assures cows are free to graze on grass for at least 180 days and nights each year. In 2016, over 360 Asda stores across the UK started stocking Free Range Farmers milk.
Where you can buy free range milk
Waitrose and Marks & Spencer's guarantee that their cows have grazed for at least 100 days a year. In some cases, their cows will spend longer outside depending on the weather.
Organic dairy cows spend much of their lives outdoors where they can graze on a natural diet of grass. Cows cannot be indoors all their lives under organic standards.
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