The judging panel’s choice for this award, Jess Vaughan, makes dairy products that fly off the shelves at farm shops. Her secret? A small herd of happy, well-cared-for cows, aka the ‘ladies’
It’s like the milk I remember drinking as a child,” is what Jess Vaughan’s customers tell her when they inevitably come back for more. In an industry that views milk as a cheap and homogenous commodity, sloshing down the motorways in vast tankers, Vaughan has blazed a trail in turning the output of her British Friesians and Brown Swiss into cult ingredients. As well as the milk, her cream, yogurt and kefir are revered for their rich, untampered flavours. Vaughan’s secret? “A small herd of happy cows,” she says, but there’s more to it than that.
You do get very attached to the cows because you have them as long as a family dog, and you’re with them every day
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