Journal

Notes from the dairy and the pasture.

Short updates on the herd, the harvest, and the community around Mangalali Village.

Featured

Why we still chill milk within the hour — and what happens when farms don't.

The single biggest factor in milk quality isn't the herd or the feed, it's what happens in the sixty minutes after milking. Here's what we learned building our chilling routine from scratch.

12 Aug 2026Process

Community

Welcoming six new partner farms in Ilula

Our collection route now reaches two additional villages, bringing our partner count to 64 families.

02 Aug 20264 min

Sustainability

Our first full season of solar pre-chilling

Diesel generator hours dropped by nearly half this season — here's how the numbers held up.

24 Jul 20265 min

Recipe

Three things to cook with farmhouse cheese

A simple mtindi flatbread, a cheese and greens stew, and a no-churn shortcut using our cream.

15 Jul 20263 min

Animal welfare

How we plan our grazing rotation

A look at the paddock map and the rest cycle that keeps our pasture productive year-round.

03 Jul 20266 min

Product

Bringing back seasonal ice cream flavours

Honey and mango are back on the weekend menu — here's what's coming next.

21 Jun 20262 min

Community

A published price list, five years running

Why we post our per-litre farmer rate publicly, and how it's changed twice a year since 2020.

09 Jun 20264 min

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