“We didn’t get paid for our milk for three months,” says Beynon-Thomas.
"I was pouring 7,000 litres of milk down the drain"
“You do all the hard work, feeding the cows...then you just tip the product down the drain and have nothing for it”
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Many people, if put in that nightmarish situation, might consider quitting, but not the Beynon-Thomas family.
They took a gamble, invested what they had in new equipment and started selling milk from a vending machine1 reply 18 retweets 84 likesShow this thread -
Locals could drive to the farm, park their cars, and bring a bottle to the machine.
The cows who provided the milk were grazing less than a mile awaypic.twitter.com/Rvem0psGuE
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The vending machine became wildly popular.
It operates 24 hours a day, and Beynon-Thomas says people have queued up as early as 6.30am and as late as 2.30ampic.twitter.com/JzgvTqwcKW
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Why is Ifan's milk such a hit?
It's local and has low food miles
The milk from the machine is never more than 24 hours old
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Ifan thought business might dwindle once lockdown was over. Far from it.
Business has boomed and the family has added a milkshake vending machine too, which has fans across the countrypic.twitter.com/Gc5iKaxNUT
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Beca Siân Davies from Penarth has been getting her milkshake fix from the milkshake vending machine since early April. She says: "I liked the idea that it was fresh milk being used"
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Ifan and his parents now plan to install more machines at the farm and elsewhere. “We’re trying to expand, but we want to keep the ethos of local, fresh, low carbon-footprint milk.” Read the full story from
@tomough here
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Replying to @Telegraph @tomough
Still exploitation of sentient beings, while there are dozens and dozens of plant milks available. No thanks.
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What do you reckon we do with cows then?
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To preface, I'm not vegan and I don't take issue with local dairy farms/sustainable stuff. But I want to poke at your question. Why do we need to profit off or, or "do" anything with any living being? We could just let them exist. They weren't born *for* us, we've just used them.
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Replying to @NaomiOop @OezlemSandra and
I just mean that they basically only exist in current times because they generate value for humans. I'm not saying it's the way it should be but it's just the way it is. They need a ton of space to graze and feed and without generating value they won't be given that
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That's true, but if various companies were to ramp down production, populations would eventually reduce to numbers that can exist in the wild without our influence like other animals. Many would thrive. They only need so much space due to human supply and demand for milk and beef
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