Visit The Ethical Dairy

We are delighted to invite members of the public to our farm for special events and activities throughout the year.

All our events are bookable through our sister company, Cream o‘ Galloway, which is the visitor centre on our farm. Clicking on the events listed below will take you to the relevant event page on the Cream o' Galloway website, where you'll find more details, dates and booking information. All events must be booked in advance.

Our events and experiences relate to the way we farm and the food we produce here. We have recently built new event facilities in our visitor centre so that we can run physically distanced group events safely and in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines. These new workshop areas will be used for our Cheese Making Course and our Ice Cream Making Workshops. Our two farm based events take place mainly out of doors, with an indoor visit to the spacious viewing gallery that overlooks the dairy shed.

Cheese Making Course

Full day event. £95 per person, or £130 for two people working together at a workstation. Runs regularly on Thursdays throughout the year, weekly during summer holiday periods. This workshop is a fascinating introduction to the craft of artisan cheese making. This event includes practical cheese making sessions (one soft cheese and one pressed cheese), a farm tour, cheese store tour, cheese tasting, refreshments and lunch.

Farm Tour

Two hour event. £15 per person. Runs weekly on Wednesdays at 3pm. This event is normally led by David (but that's not guaranteed), and the tour content is designed for adults. You will go on a tour of our farm, learn about our farming system and have the opportunity to meet the cows and their calves. We'll explain what regenerative farming means, and discuss the environmental impacts of different farming approaches. The discussion topics will be informed by the interests of attendees and you are welcome to ask questions.

All About Our Farm

75 minute family friendly farm tour. £6 per person. This event takes place daily Mon-Fri at 3.45pm during school holidays. This event is led by a member of our Visitor Centre team who will share stories and information about life on our farm, including what animals we have and how we look after them. You will go inside our big dairy shed to an upstairs viewing gallery which will let you see into the milking parlour and see the winter housing for the cows and calves. Your guide will be happy to answer any questions!

Ice Cream Making Workshop

90 minute family friendly event. £25 per workstation (up to three people working together). This event takes place daily during weekends and school holidays. Create your very own dream ice cream in this hands-on ice cream making workshop. You will use pasteurised milk from our organic cow with calf dairy farm, and you’ll add sugar, cream and a range of delicious ingredients to flavour your creation. Includes ice cream tasting and Q&A.