Yeo Valley Organic
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Yeo Valley Organic is part of a family-owned farming and dairy company based in the village of Blagdon, in the Yeo Valley, Somerset, England.
[edit] History
Yeo Valley founders, Roger and Mary Mead began making yoghurt, using milk from their dairy herd, in 1974, selling them from the gate of their farm and to local shops.
Production of organic yoghurt was started in 1993, as local farmers who were producing organic milk had difficulty finding a consistent demand for it. This first organic product was an instant success.
Yeo Valley encouraged more farmers to become organic, so that an increasing supply of organic milk would become available to cope with growing demand.
Today Yeo Valley Organic is a well-known organic dairy company, with many awards for product quality and innovation, and a Queen’s Award presented in 2001 for the revolutionary way it worked with its farming suppliers, encouraging them to turn organic and giving them long-term ‘fair trade’ contracts.
[edit] Products
The company is known most for its range of organic yoghurt, including fat-free, children's and fruit-flavoured varieties. It also sells liquid milk, cream, butter, cheese (including Cheddar, Double Gloucester and Red Leicester) and ice cream. As well as this, the company has diversified into making sweaters from wool from their sheep.
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