Farmer for the Day Experience gets rave reviews

  I booked this for my brother as a birthday present as he loves goats, and he was not disappointed. Both me and my brother are 19, and we found it... read more very entertaining being with all the animals and finding out loads about the farm. The...More

  After realising how out of touch our London lives were with the countryside, we thought it would be a fun(ny) experience to milk some cows! When we googled the different... read more opportunities the Milking Experience at Old Parsonage Farm on Dartington was the first thing to...More

  Booked a combination of activities including a tour of the goat milking pens and did goat yoga which was absolutely hilarious. Very educational and the guy doing the tours was... read more very informative, friendly and personable. Tried the goats milk ice cream and normally I hate...More

  I took my Grandson and we had a fantastic 2 hours, looking round
the farm, walking the cows to milk, watching milking and milking
the goats ourselves. My Grandson... read more had a wonderful time, very
informative and friendly farmer.

  I had a gift voucher for the milking experience and oh my god was it amazing. John is so knowledgeable and I asked a million questions and he answered all... read more of them. It's an educational experience aswell as being fun. The best bit was going into the calf pen and having cuddle.

  The farmer was very professional with his knowledge and explained everything well. We experienced an insight into farm life and were even lucky enough to witness a calf being born,... read more an incredible experience! We thoroughly enjoyed it and milking the goats and watching cows being milked was amazing! Dartington Dairy is a wonderful farm and all the animals are in fantastic health! Wish the farm the very best with everything and hope to visit again soon! Loved every moment of it!

  A fantastic experience that we won’t forget. My seven year old daughter loved the whole experience from calling the cows to be milked to hand milking the goats. We were... read more greeted with a friendly welcome that lasted throughout our visit despite the busyness of the farm. We were so lucky to see a baby goat being born. Loved every minute and would definitely recommend.

  Went to the farm last week - booked a milking experience and what an experience! Would definitely recommend for both adults and children, John the farmer was so informative and... read more his love of the farm and his animals was evident. Got to help bring in the beautiful jersey cows from out grazing with their calves, see them be milked whilst having the anatomy explained and finally understand the term “chewing the cud”! Then through to the funny and mischievous goats to help milk - including by hand. John was great with the kids and very patient. All finished off with some delicious goats milk ice cream!

  I can’t even begin to describe what a wonderful day my daughter and I had. Jon and Lynne are the most wonderful, hard working people I’ve ever had the pleasure... read more of meeting.

My 6 year old daughter has ‘ had the BEST DAY EVER’ it genuinely is the best money we’ve ever spent. She wants to be a farmer when she grows up so we bought her this experience for her birthday in January and traveled down in August. Boy did she get an experience!!! 6.30am start milking, feeding kids, mucking out she even got to witness a calf being born!!! Finished off with ice cream at 6pm which is made fresh on site!

Breakfast and lunch were provided and absolutely excellent, we felt so welcome and at ease.

I honestly can’t say when I’ve enjoyed a day more and we can’t thank you enough. I’m sure we’ll be back to visit in the future, my daughter wanted to stay forever!!

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  Went to the farm with a youth group to milk the goats, was very sceptical before I got there.
How wrong I was, it was so interesting and fun, Jon... read more the farmer was so good with our group and made sure everyone was involved.
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