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11:00 GMT
05/01/2023

Stepping off the Dairy Treadmill

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11:00 GMT
05/01/2023

Stepping off the Dairy Treadmill

How can we step off the dairy treadmill? Join farmers from the Food Ethics Council’s Dairy Project who are seeking to overcome lock-ins relating to dairy. Much UK dairy production has intensified, with average herd sizes doubling and milk production per cow increasing. Soaring input costs alongside limited increases in farmgate milk prices have pushed many small-scale farms out of production and others onto a treadmill of volume-based production over value-based products. This has major knock-on effects for animal welfare, the environment and the physical and mental health of farm workers. Can dairying be done differently? Join us in this interactive workshop to uncover practical actions, examples and resources to empower farmers.