Happy Cows Frolicking in a Field

I was invited to the inaugural Spring Frolic at the the van Nes Family Farm in Brussels, Ontario by the team at St. Brigid's Creamery - about an hour from where I currently live in Kitchener, Ontario. I've been a customer of theirs for a few years, so it was very cool to meet the farmer, Bill, and the producer, Guillermo in person - and to see how lovingly they treat their Jersey dairy cows.
I have no business relationships with them, I'm a customer who buys their butter (15lbs at a time!). I wanted to film and publish this because I truly believe in regenerative farming as way to improve the life of farmers, animals, our planet, and everyone who eats food. I've written a bunch about this in my newsletter if you'd like to learn more.
About strange ingredients in our dairy products: probablyworths...
About my week working on a regenerative chicken farm: probablyworths...
About regenerative farming: probablyworths...
You can learn more about St. Brigid's Creamery here: www.stbrigidsc... - their butter is primarily available in Ontario, Canada, but you can find it in specialty stores across Canada. If you're outside of Canada, I would suggest googling "regenerative dairy farm near me" and start getting to know the farmers in your local community!
Regenerative farming and local agriculture are powerful tools we have to help undo the damage industrial farming has done to our soil and water systems, and remove carbon from the atmosphere and fix it in the earth. Animals are required for this process, and treating them well, and designing a farm to be a carbon sink can help us all.
I'd also strongly recommend learning about animal welfare certifications, A Greener World has very high standards for how dairy cows are treated: agreenerworld....
If you want to learn more about regenerative farming, I would suggest Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard. For a perspective on agriculture, industry, and climate change check out Speed and Scale by John Doerr.
We need farm animals to fix the planet and rebuild soil. There is a lot of changing science around cattle and climate change! While methane remains a big concern, there are new techniques being studied, like supplementing the diet of a cow with seaweed, that can reduce methane emissions by as much as 82% (the seaweed has an enzyme that breaks down sugars that bacteria would otherwise convert into methane). You can read that study here: journals.plos....

[@gnomusgang8658]

Nice to see your return after a year

[@ProbablyWorthSharing]

Thanks! I’ll hopefully have some recipes up in the next few weeks.

[@kayleenhamelin]

Majestic. I live for the puppy hop cows do

[@devmeistersuperprecision4155]

Regen farming works. It’s part of a greater silviculture plan. The land benefits. The cows are happy. And the farm products are so much better. And better for you.

[@jordandolson9861]

all i keep thinking in this video - if I were cow, I'd definitely want a sports bra designed for frolicking :) Great footage in Brussels, Ontario!

[@ProbablyWorthSharing]

You and me both!

[@yetanothercluelessgardener]

Beautiful video. I love the music you used. What is it?

[@ProbablyWorthSharing]

It’s called Discovering Destiny by Cody Martin. I license my music from Soundstripe so I’m not sure if you can stream it anywhere!

[@ProbablyWorthSharing]

Actually there are two songs! The first is called Spring Embrace, also by Cody Martin. I didn’t zoom out far enough in my video file timeline for my first comment.

[@yetanothercluelessgardener]

@@ProbablyWorthSharing thank you! 😊

[@murranz]

Why?

[@ProbablyWorthSharing]

I’m not sure I understand what you’re asking about - why what?