Supporting The Ethical Dairy

In the winter of 2012, the Finlays undertook a six month cow-with-calf pilot at Rainton Farm, Kirkcudbrightshire: an organic farm of 830 acres with 130 dairy cows. The findings from the pilot demonstrated that, after modifications to the management and farm infrastructure, a viable cow-with-calf model could be introduced following a three year transition period.

After receiving support from sankalpa for the transitional costs, the Finlays now run the first commercial dairy in the UK to be following the cow with calf method.