Watch as Alison Hammond interns for the day at Jess's Ladies. She’s seeing how a family-run business has preserved their future in dairy farming.

Jess Vaughan has blazed a trail in turning the output of her British Friesians and Brown Swiss cows on her family’s Hardwicke farm into cult ingredients. As well as the milk, her cream, yogurt and kefir are revered for their rich, untampered flavours. Vaughan’s secret? ‘A small herd of happy cows’ known affectionately as Jess’s Ladies. Her products are mostly sold at farm shops and Co-ops in the south-west and Midlands, new distributors have now made nationwide shipping possi

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Out of 12,777 products sent in from 106 different countries, Jess's Ladies Organic Farm Milk was awarded the highest accolade of two 3-star Great Taste awards for it's single and double cream-with it's extra thick cream, kefir and semi-skimmed milk also picking up the coveted awards. Astonishingly this is Jess's Ladies 82nd Great Taste Stars. View the full article here.

Sophie and Jess Vaughan with the herd at Hardwicke Farm in Gloucestershire Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Observer Food Monthly