06/10/2025
🐄 'A Dairy Story' by Ian Findlay at Arc Cinema, Cork
📆 Saturday October 11th at 4pm
Director Ian Findlay and Producer Lorna Young will introduce the film. A Dairy Story Film
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https://cork.arccinema.ie/event/101852
Wilma and David Findlay, dairy farmers in southwest Scotland, risk everything to challenge industry norms around commercial dairy farming, and impliment the first large-herd example of cow-with-calf dairy farming on a commercial scale.
Following the whole process from birth to weaning, we see the herd’s profound capacity for maternal care in the sweeping beauty of the Scottish landscape. The couple work tirelessly to transform their farm from industry standard to regenerative. Most radically, by developing progressive approaches to dairy farming that prioritise the welfare of both the dairy cows and their calves.
Facing criticism from peers and industry panels, and almost going bankrupt in the process, the path is not always easy. When Wilma receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, their mission to encourage wider industry adoption of cow-with-calf systems takes on new urgency. This film stands as a testament to transformational systems change in action, capturing its challenges, unforeseen outcomes, and moments of pure joy.
A Dairy Story shows how changing a farming system changes everything; from the lives of the animals to the wellbeing of the farmers, and perhaps even the future of dairy farming itself.
Ethical Farming Ireland
Blacknight Cork City Council
