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Ed Ayton, Sustainable Sourcing Advisor for Abel & Cole, will be bringing some cheese and biscuits for attendees to try as he hosts a discussion with David Finlay, the farmer at the heart of the film, Jon Cook of Dora’s Dairy near Swindon, a fourth-generation family farm where calves stay with their mothers, and Dr Sean Wensley, Research and Policy Advisor at Compassion in World Farming.
Ed Ayton
Sustainable Sourcing Advisor, Abel & Cole
Ed Ayton is the Sustainable Sourcing Advisor for the sustainable grocery delivery company Abel & Cole, managing supply chain impacts such as biodiversity, animal welfare and human rights. With a passion for wildlife, sustainability and good food, he believes all three can meet with mutual benefit, and finds there’s usually a great story behind it all too.
David Finlay
Farmer, Rainton Farm, The Ethical Dairy
David Finlay, the farmer who features in A Dairy Story, is a fourth generation dairy farmer based in south west Scotland whose pioneering work in regenerative, high-welfare dairy is increasingly being recognised by the industry. Rainton, David’s farm, is the farm that proved cow-with-calf dairy could be done at commercially viable scale.
Jon Cook
Farmer, Dora's Dairy
Jon is the co-founder of Dora’s Dairy, a small grass-fed raw milk dairy near Swindon in Wiltshire. His farm runs a cow calf system where calves stay with their mothers and cows are milked in a low pressure environment focused on animal welfare.
Dr Sean Wensley
Research and Policy Advisor at Compassion in World Farming
Dr Sean Wensley works on animal welfare research, policy and advocacy, with over a decade of experience in the charity sector. He was President of the British Veterinary Association and chaired the Animal Welfare Working Group of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and an Honorary Lecturer in Animal Welfare at Queen’s University Belfast.
