Battery’ dairy of 8,000 cows sparks protests

by Jon Ungoed-Thomas

In The Sunday Times

Viva! and Vegan Lincs working together to oppose the Diary Farm (my name spelt incorrectly!)

A GIANT factory farm for “battery cows” is being planned for the British countryside with an 8,000-strong herd, a 24-hour milking operation and cubicles covered with sand instead of fresh pasture.

The Lincolnshire herd will be the biggest in Britain but rarely see sunshine. It will produce more than 430,000 pints of milk every day. Slurry from the cows will be used to produce power and may be sold to the national grid.

Date: 2010-02-28

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