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local butcher, but he couldn’ t get what he needed out of them. Now he butchers them for us and we sell them ourselves.’
‘ The vending machine idea came about after mum and dad had been on a holiday to Europe. They saw lots of machines in Germany and we thought what a great idea. We now have one in Elvington. While the milk price was low we had locals asking where they could buy direct to help and now they can. They wanted to support local farmers and I think the trend is going towards local shopping. We made the decision that our milk was to be pasteurised as we wanted it available to everybody, so we purchased a proper in-line pasteuriser.’
‘ We’ ve had great success since we started with both the beef boxes and the vending machine and we’ ve also now begun supplying a B & B in Riccall, a village store-cumcafé in Stamford Bridge and the new farm shop in Green’ s Farm Supplies at Thirsk livestock market and auction centre. We’ re looking at expanding through cafés, tearooms, coffee shops, restaurants and farm shops as more people realise that Jersey milk is such a fantastic creamy product. You
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can’ t go wrong with it in rice puddings and favourite recipes. Ice cream may be our next step as we are being asked for it locally and with York, the York Maze and Elvington airfield on our doorstep we have a readymade tourism market. These are additional areas that will allow us to expand the herd if we get our act together.’
Helen and Craig have not chosen to go down the robotic milking route. While they have changed certain elements the core of the dairy farming operation remains the same.
‘ We milk in the same parlour at 6am and 4.30pm and our cows graze outdoors from
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April until October providing the weather is right. We grow 100 acres of maize, grass for silage and 20-30 acres of wheat and barley producing wholecrop.’
David’ s main responsibilities today are the heifers, young stock and field work while Helen’ s mum is sill involved with milking on a regular basis.
‘ David’ s amazing,’ says Craig.‘ He knows the land so well and if there’ s a drain blocked he can tell you immediately where the blockage will be. It would take me days.’
Craig is the Mr Fixit on the farm. He grew up in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and spent
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Helen has a younger brother Robert who is a scientist at Harvard University in Boston.
‘ Robert and I were always encouraged to pursue our own careers and he gets involved in decision making here as part of the family partnership with myself, mum and dad. I felt it was time to come back home and we’ re doing well. It’ s also a great place to grow up on a farm as I did.’
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