If you're looking to buy your milk somewhere other than Coles or Woolworths, this is the place to find it. Please remember, if you DO buy your milk in a supermarket, it CAN benefit farmers IF it is 'branded' milk - e.g., Devondale is a Murray Goulburn brand, Pauls is Australian-produced milk from Queensland, owned by the Italian Parmalat company; Dairy Farmers, Pura and The Complete Dairy are also Australian milk brands owned by the global food giant Lion; Anchor is a Fonterra brand. In Australian supermarkets, all those brands are Australian milk. It's a complex picture, but you have a choice. This page is provided to help you exercise that choice. Whatever you do, please avoid buying Coles or Woolworths plain-label/home-brand milk. It's still high quality Australian milk produced by the same farmers, but those companies' practices are screwing farmers and that's part of the picture you can re-shape by not buying these plain label products.
You can also add your favourite farmer-friendly milk brand to the list and let others know where it's available.
If we all pool our local knowledge, we can help each other find better milk - and you will be helping your local farmers.
(We put this together in a hurry, so please excuse any glitches!)
Please add, share, but most of all, use this list to make better purchasing decisions - it WILL make a diference!
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Brand | Sourced From (Region or farmer) | Available at (outlets) | Address | Available around (City or region) | Added by | Crowd consensus |
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Misty Mountain | Atherton Tablelands | Woolworths, Coles, IGA, small independent stores | Various | North Queensland | Rachel Hay from Townsville | 1 0 |
South Coast Dairy | Berry Co-op | Shoalhaven Area NSW | Various, eg Woolworths, Coles, IGA | Throughout Shoalhaven area & Eurobodalla | Lindsay from NOWRA HILL | 5 1 |
Gippsland Jersey | Gippsland, artisan pure jersey milk | Many independent retailers, full list on their website | Victoria and parts of NSW | Full store list at www.gippslandjersey.com.au | Erin Horton from Warragul | 0 1 |
Aussie Farmers Direct Milk | Aussie Farmers Direct | Aussie Farmers Direct | www.aussiefarmers.com.au | National | Paul from Melbourne | 5 0 |
Schulz Organic Dairy | Timboon, Vic. | Organic Angels | www.organicangels.com.au | Box Hill | Simon from Timboon | 0 0 |
Schulz Organic Dairy | Timboon, Vic. | So Good For You Co-op | Wyndham Vale | Wyndham Vale | Simon from Timboon | 0 0 |
Schulz Organic Farms | Timboon | Wyndham Vale Co-op | Wyndham Vale | Wyndham Vale | 2 1 |
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