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airy farmers Mark and Caroline Nagtegaal of Promise Valley Farm and Creamery are up to something so brand new, you might think it was old-fashioned. With a dozen Guernsey cows milked twice daily in their Richard’s Trail barn parlour, Promise Valley is processing and selling whole milk and cream-top yogurt right from the farm. Guernsey milk is a rarity in Canada yet has a taste like no other: rich and simple, with a creamy golden hue made lush from beta carotene. Besides, it’s full of A2/A2 proteins that many people are able to digest and tolerate better than A1 milks.
Promise Valley Farm and Creamery Opens
But that’s not all. Promise Valley Farm and Creamery is in the final stretch to become certified organic — which will make their little creamery the first of its type on the island, soon. Speaking of firsts, let’s talk about their milk dispensary that looks like a lonely, albeit sanitary vending machine stuck inside a walk-in closet. But looks aren’t everything!
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This one is a fountain of flavour, containing a single, pure ingredient - whole, cold, pasteurized Guernsey milk. Three loonies (coins, debit or credit) fills a litre bottle that can be purchased at the farm store, five steps away. You don’t have to buy that sturdy milk bottle with the Promise Valley logo on it, but it’s recommended, since it’s yours to empty, wash and bring back to refill at the dispensary as many times as store hours allow, from 10 am to 5 pm,
