In order for English Farmstead Cheese to have lactating mothers, cows are forcibly impregnated through artificial insemination year after year at English Farmstead Cheese, and cows as young as 2 years old are subject to having a human insert their arm into their rectum and inject sperm into their uterus.
The Plow & Flute, a "vedic eco-farm" and homesteading project outside of Asheville, NC, is an example of the kinds of abuse even self-professed animal lovers will inflict on animals they see as resources to be exploited.
While Three Graces Dairy appears to have classic charm as a "humane" and small local business, what we saw when we visited was an entirely different story. While visiting the farm, we kept stumbling upon more and more babies. They were all separated from their mothers.
Asheville Dairy 