The Cream o’ Galloway founders, from Rainton Farm, hope their new book will persuade more people to use the cow with calf method.
David said: “This nature based stuff does actually work, it can produce good quality food, it can be cost effective.
“We’re six years in now and we’re not going to go back because it’s working. It is working for us. These cows are performing well. The animals are healthy, it’s even better than we had hoped.”
Meanwhile, Wilma, 67, also shared her struggles with cancer, firstly breast cancer in her 30s and her current treatment for stage four lung cancer.
She said: “I’m having chemo every three weeks and the tumour has shrunk, the specialist tells me that unfortunately they don’t ever go away, but it’s stable. I’m OK with that.”
It has given her a determination to tell the world about their journey away from conventional farming to an organic, 100 per cent pasture, regenerative, cow-with-calf dairy.
And the Finlays hinted that they are planning to produce practical guides for other farmers wanting to follow in their footsteps.
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