Jersey Cows

The Good Farm – a raw milk producer and market garden in the Bay of Plenty – is a real family affair. Former chef Loren Gibbs tells us about trading in the heat of the kitchen for digging in the dirt… Audio

At the Port Chalmers dairy farm Holy Cow, each of Merrall and Alex MacNeille's 54 Jersey cows has a name and her own milking stall. The couple sell the cows' milk, along with butter, cream and yoghurt… Audio, Gallery

Don Shaw is an AI Technician which means at this time of the year he is up early visiting dairy farms every morning inseminating cows that have come on heat. It's a job thousands of people do between… Audio

With a passion for healthy living and a belief that conventional farming was affecting people's health, Southland farmers Lois and Robin Greer stopped using chemicals on their Tuturau dairy farm 15… Audio

Jan McIntyre is a former dairy farmer turned blueberry grower who lives between Morrinsville and Matamata in Waikato. She teamed up with jersey farmers from down the road and now uses their cream to… Audio

Alison Gibb, who farms at Taupiri in Waikato with her husband Russell, has recently become the first female president of Jersey New Zealand in its 114 year history. Audio