Dairy near Melcombe Horsey, Dorset Local Food Shops and Producers

There are 8 Dairy listings around Melcombe Horsey, Dorset on BigBarn.

Dairy mean free range eggs, cheese, milk, butter, cream, yoghurt, ice cream and sometimes even raw milk. Thousands of dairies have closed down over the last 30 years as ‘Cheap food’ policy and supermarket ‘loss leaders’ have forced down the price of milk to farmers. Those milk producers that have survived have usually got really big and use specially bred cows to reduce cost and increase production often at the cost of animal welfare. Other dairies have diversified and added value to their milk like making cheese. Did you know that we now have more varieties of cheese than the French?

Other dairies produce ice cream, yoghurt or sell their milk raw (unpasteurised, un-homogenised) to local people using a vending machine. These farmers have gone back to traditional breeds of cow that live longer, produce less milk but of a better quality. Selling direct can mean getting £1.50/litre instead of 25p market price.

If your local Dairy, or egg producer is not on our map please email their details to [email protected] and we will add you to our monthly prize draw.

  • Portland Pride

    Showcasing produce created on Portland and Dorset.

    • Bakery/Mill
    • Dairy
    • Grocery
    • Meat
    • Preserves
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  • Ford Farm Cheese

    Local, Cheddar, smoked and Speciality Cheeses Traditional West Country Farmhouse Cheddar made using the highest quality milk, sourced from local,...

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  • Vurlands Farm

    We produce our own Free range eggs and pork and sell it through our tea room. We offer breakfast, lunches and of course the famous cream tea. 

    • Dairy
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  • Home Farm Shop

    Award winning Farm Shop with a delightful tea-room. The shop sells produce from an abundance of local producers. Free range beef, ducks, chickens...

    • Café / Eating
    • Meat
    • Grocery
    • Dairy
    • Bakery/Mill
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  • Chesil Smokery

    Smokery & deli Fish, cheese, local foods

    • Dairy
    • Meat
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  • Craig Farm Dairies

    own milk,cream ice cream cakes, breads, cereals,

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  • Modbury Farm Shop

    We are a farm shop on a working farm! Our local milk is Organic and un-homogenised. We stock cream, local cheeses, free range Dorset sausages and baco...

    • Miscellaneous
    • Meat
    • Dairy
    • Beverage
    • Bakery/Mill
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  • Hangers Dairy

    We deliver Dorset farm fresh milk

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