Dairy
Supporting Britain’s Dairy Farmers
We are proud to source 100% of our milk from British farms. In 2018, we launched our Aldi Dairy Farm Partnership, working with progressive dairy farmers across the UK. The Aldi Dairy Farm Partnership, in conjunction with the farmer-owned cooperative Arla Foods, is designed to support this dedicated group of dairy farmers to maintain high welfare standards whilst driving a more sustainable future for the dairy industry.
All Arla farmers in the ADFP work to high standards of animal welfare which ensures the farms have the health and welfare of the cow at the heart of everything they do.
Award Winning Dairy Farming
Exciting news from the Aldi Dairy Farm Partnership: several of our farmers have recently received national recognition for their outstanding work.
Lincolnshire farmer and Aldi ambassador Zara, has been named Dairy Farmer of the Year at the British Farming Awards. Zara leads innovation across her family’s 800-hectare mixed dairy and arable farm, driving improvements in efficiency, animal welfare, and sustainability. We are thrilled by her success and proud to have her as part of the ADFP.
At the recent Cream Awards, two ADFP farmers were Highly Commended: Tom and Anna from Cumbria received recognition in the High Feed Efficiency Award, praised for their strong cow health and wellbeing metrics, as well as the excellence of their farm operations and team.
Neil, who farms near Marlborough, was Highly Commended in the Dairy Sustainability Award, singled out for exceptional cow welfare and environmental stewardship.Congratulations to all our award-winning farmers—their dedication is helping set the standard for responsible dairy farming in the UK.
Welfare and Sustainability
Each farm is working to achieve the Arla UK Customer Welfare standards, which is above the UK industry standard. The farmers receive 3rd party audits to ensure welfare standards are met.
They also complete Arla’s Climate Check annually and have action plans in place to reduce carbon emissions from farm. The group meets regularly to share best practices in sustainability as well as provide support to establish areas of future improvement.
Connecting the Customers to the Farm
We also work with our dairy farmers each year to open their farm gates to our customers during activities such as Open Farm Sunday. This gives our customers a great chance to see all the incredible work that goes on around our UK farms.
We Love Milk
So you think milk is just a drink? It’s so much more as it’s the starting point for all other dairy products and is rich in nutrients. It is a natural source of calcium, which is needed for the maintenance of normal teeth and bones, and protein, which contributes to a growth in muscle mass. But did you know it also contains vitamin B2 which contributes to the reduction of tiredness, vitamin B12 which contributes to the normal function of the immune system, potassium which contributes to the maintenance of normal blood pressure and iodine which contributes to normal cognitive function. That’s why we’ve redesigned the labels on some of our milk range, to make these benefits easy to understand. Look out for them next time you’re in your local Aldi.
