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Inglenook dairy reaches major milestone<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOTTLING their one-thousandth batch of milk this month, Inglenook Dairy is reflecting on their first ten years of business.<\/p>\n

Owner Rachael Peterken said the Dunnstown dairy producer launched with a desire to pay a fairer price to farmers, and drive the farmgate price up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really important to us. Farming is a really hard gig, so there needs to be the reward there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Growing up, her dad was a \u201ckey player\u201d in the industry, and she got to enjoy raw milk, where cream naturally rose to the top.<\/p>\n

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Milk is Inglenook\u2019s most popular product, but they also make cream and yoghurt, with a salted butter is coming soon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Mrs Peterken said establishing her own dairy was a steep learning curve.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole exercise has been a challenge because when we decided we\u2019d build a milk factory we didn\u2019t know what pasteurisation was, or what homogenisation was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the Inglenook team initially began bottling, they\u2019ve been \u201cvery blessed\u201d to source their milk from a farm in Learmonth.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve attracted loyal local customers, and have \u201cspiked interest\u201d in media outlets who helped them market their business and share their story.<\/p>\n

But now stocked in hospitality businesses and grocers from Ballarat to Horsham, Ararat to Stawell, and Kyneton to Castlemaine, the brand\u2019s small staff is expanding and \u201cgaining momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just put someone on in a sales and marketing role,\u201d Mrs Peterken said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t get out much to see our customers, who are extremely patient, because we\u2019re always understaffed in the dairy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have good relationships with customers, but it will be nice for them to have a face to put to Inglenook Dairy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brand offers cream-top, homogenised and low-fat milk, pure cream, a natural yoghurt, and unsalted butter, but in the COVID climate of 2020, they lost 80 per cent of their business.<\/p>\n

With employees, Mrs Peterken worked hard to ensure they could continue to keep their jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ballarat community is incredible at supporting their own. We put a call out on social media and contacted a few key payers we work with, like Wilson\u2019s Fruit & Vegetables and some supermarkets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe local community wrapped us up in their arms and kept us in business. Wilson\u2019s, for example, was our first ever customer and first delivery,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur journey is not just our family\u2019s. It\u2019s everybody that picks up bottle. Without that, we\u2019re not here and we\u2019re grateful for our community\u2019s support.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2021 Inglenook Dairy is exploring further marketing, and relationships with more dairy farms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that needs reward for effort, and they don\u2019t get it, and they won\u2019t ever get it from big companies with the monopoly.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, we can have some impact locally,\u201d Mrs Peterken said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur milk tastes so good because we don\u2019t do anything to it. You might pay a little bit more, but it\u2019s 100 per cent milk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inglenook dairy reaches major milestone BOTTLING their one-thousandth batch of milk this month, Inglenook Dairy is reflecting on their first ten years of business. Owner Rachael Peterken said the Dunnstown dairy producer launched with a desire to pay a fairer price to farmers, and drive the farmgate price up. \u201cThat\u2019s really important to us. Farming […]<\/p>\n

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