{"id":22253,"date":"2025-06-02T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/middlefarm.com\/?p=20168"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:17:09","slug":"world-milk-day-1st-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/middlefarm.com\/staging\/world-milk-day-1st-june\/","title":{"rendered":"World Milk Day &#8211; 1st June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Milk Day &#8211; Sunday 1st June<\/p>\n<p>Middle Farms roots are in dairy farming (as well as chickens many years ago) and a lot of our customers and even team members remember coming along to visit the Open Farm and watch our jersey cows being milked in the milking parlour. Some may even have met William one of our previous herdsman.<\/p>\n<p>This milk was then bottled here on site by trained team members of the Farm Shop and it was then sold to our customers.<br \/>\nOur raw milk was extremely popular as it\u2019s well known for its health benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Although we now no longer have our jersey herd (they didn\u2019t go far &#8211; only 10 minutes down the road to join another local farm) we proudly support all dairy farmers alongside World Milk Day which unites countries, organizations, and communities to recognize and amplify the dairy sector\u2019s impact on sustainable agriculture, economic development, and global health.<\/p>\n<p>In our Farm Shop you can buy milk daily from our local suppliers\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northiamdairy\/\">@northiamdairy<\/a>\u00a0as well as pasteurised organic milk which is non-homogenised from Goodwood Dairy in West Sussex.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20169\" src=\"https:\/\/middlefarm.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/old-jersey-herd-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20170\" src=\"https:\/\/middlefarm.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/our-jersey-cow-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20171\" src=\"https:\/\/middlefarm.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/william-herdsman-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Milk Day &#8211; Sunday 1st June Middle Farms roots are in dairy farming (as well as chickens many years ago) and a lot of our customers and even team members remember coming along to visit the Open Farm and watch our jersey cows being milked in the milking parlour. 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