Animal-first care
Our cows are family, not numbers. They graze year-round, shelter in deep-bedded barns, and are handled with quiet, patient hands.
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The family behind the milk
Three generations, 240 acres of clover, and one simple belief — happy cows make the best dairy.
1987Founded
by hand
by hand
Since 1987
It started with one barn and a stubborn love of good milk
Eleanor and Tom Hart bought this hillside in 1987 with fourteen cows and a hand-built milking parlour. They refused the feedlot model sweeping the industry, choosing instead to rotate their herd across fresh clover and sell only what their own family would drink.
Their daughter Martha grew up counting creamlines, and today she runs the creamery where her children — and yours — now pour from glass bottles stamped with the Meadowgold clover.
What hasn't changed: the cows still graze open pasture, the milk is still chilled within minutes, and we still taste every single batch ourselves before it leaves the farm.
- Fourth-generation family, still living on the land
- No antibiotics, no rBST, no shortcuts — ever
- Every product traceable to the pasture it came from
What we stand for
Our Meadowgold values
Honest, minimal process
Milk is pasteurised gently, cultured slowly and churned by hand. We add nothing, and we take nothing out.
Land you can taste
Rotational grazing keeps the soil rich, the grass sweet and the milk golden. When the meadow is healthy, so is the bottle.
The journey
Milestones through the years
The first clover field
Eleanor and Tom Hart plant the first meadows and milk their fourteen cows by hand.
The creamery opens
A converted hay barn becomes a small-batch creamery, churning the first Meadowgold butter.
Grass-fed promise
We formalise 100% grass-fed grazing and welcome the first farm-visit school groups.
National gold awards
Our aged cheese and cultured butter win gold at the national dairy awards.
Serving 2,300 kitchens
Martha's children now lead the milk round, delivering to homes and cafés across three counties.
240
Acres of pasture
Acres of pasture
320
Happy dairy cows
12
Gold awards
Gold awards
24h
Farm to doorstep
Farm to doorstep
Come see where the milk begins
We open the barn doors every Saturday for tours, tastings and a very good cream tea. Bring the family.