Meet Esther: A Cow Story
Take a glimpse into the daily routine of the cows who produce Organic Meadow milk.
Meet Esther
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Meet Esther
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At Organic Meadow, ours cows have names, and are treated like members of the family. So we thought you'd like to meet Esther and share a day in her idyllic life.
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Early Morning
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Ah morning! My farmer wakes me up at 6:00 am. He gives me my breakfast of certified organic hay and grains—like oats, barley and corn. Lucky me—being organic means my food is grown from untreated, non-GMO seeds without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. After breakfast, it's milking time. I produce an average of 25 litres per day.
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Afternoon
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The milking is done, and I head outside to pasture for a long, lazy day of grazing on fresh, lush grass. Organic standards say that I need to graze every day in the summer and must have access to the great outdoors year round (weather permitting). This means I get lots of room to roam around and socialize with the other cows.
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Lights Out
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It's 6:00pm and here comes my farmer to take us back to the barn for our evening milking. Then it's lights out and off to bed for a good night's sleep.
