• £5

Course: Kefir for Gut Health in Dairy Calves

  • Course

Learn Sally Wood’s successful Kefir production and feeding system for raising strong and healthy calves.

Suitable for:
Anyone raising dairy calves or other youngstock on replacement or supplementary milk.  

Course Leader: Organic dairy farmer Sally Wood.

What you'll learn: 
Sally’s approach to calf health is backed by growing scientific research on the benefits of the gut and soil biomes, putting this tutorial at the forefront of progressive animal health care.

At a practical level you can expect your youngstocks’ important primary growth to be supported naturally. Kefir promotes excellent gut and bone health while building immunity to common ailments.

With the minimum of equipment and expense you will soon be producing enough Kefir to meet your youngstock’s needs. 

 With Sally’s tuition, you will be able to:  

  • Source Kefir grains and related equipment
  • Follow the kefir production and storage process
  • Begin and maintain production of your own kefir
  • Understand the benefits - and science - of feeding kefir to youngstock
  • Understand how and when to feed kefir to youngstock

Course Leader

Sally Wood

Organic dairy farmer Sally Wood raises approximately 150 calves per year as replacement milkers and for her own meat box scheme. Her Pasture for Life accredited Jersey crossbreeds produce milk for Caws Teifi Cheese and Calon Wen.