Author: Jannine Hayles

Fleurieu Milk launches new refillable milk bottle program

In a win for the environment and nostalgia, Fleurieu Milk Company is introducing new, refillable glass milk bottles, with their farm fresh product available on tap from a growing list of suppliers from October. Like many of us these days, Fleurieu Milk has a strong focus on minimising its environmental impact. So, helping reduce reliance...
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Meet the Farmers: Jolley Farms

Feeling Jolley to join Fleurieu Milk The newest farming family to join the Fleurieu Milk family brings with them a strong legacy in the local dairy industry and one of the best ‘Fleurieu Milk hacks’ we’ve heard! Grant and Deb Jolley, with sons Ben and Randall, are excited to share they are now Fleurieu Milk...
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Meet the Farmers: Munbilla Dairy

Munbilla Dairy joins Fleurieu Milk family The latest supplier to be welcomed into the fold at Fleurieu Milk Company as a supplier is Munbilla Dairy at Hindmarsh Tiers. Hindmarsh Tiers is located centrally on the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula, nestled in beside Myponga where Fleurieu Milk’s operations are based, and just south-west of Mount Compass. Owner...
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Fleurieu Milk Company is Cream of the Crop

Like the cat that got the cream, the Fleurieu Milk team is feeling extremely proud of itself, with the company scooping the pool at the Dairysafe Awards. Held at Adelaide Oval in August, the awards celebrate quality and safety in the South Australian dairy industry. Dairysafe is the legislative body that oversees the dairy industry...
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Big Talks for Little People & Little Heroes Foundation

Since July 2011 Fleurieu Milk Company has supported the Little Heroes Foundation, with the help of our customers, with in excess of $75,000 per annum going towards this worthwhile charity. Over the years, we have been able to contribute a total of $633,370 on behalf of our community to assist the important work that is...
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Grab some milk, check in with a mate and tackle mental illness

Grab some milk, check in with a mate and tackle mental illness It’s no news to anyone that 2021 has been a particularly tough year (on the back of the whole new ballgame of tough years that was 2020), and that checking in on your mates, and yourself, has never been so important. October is...
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Are there robots in Myponga?

It’s like something out of the future; something the families who founded Fleurieu Milk wouldn’t have even dreamed possible during their long nights spent filling up milk bottles and screwing on caps by hand in the company’s early days. But this state-of-the-art piece of machinery is the final piece of a $5 million, 18-month factory...
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15 years of Fleurieu Milk

Cast your mind back 15 years to 2006. Mike Rann is South Australia’s Premier; Rob Kerin and then Iain Evans lead the Opposition. Miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell are miraculously rescued from a collapsed mine in Beaconsfield, Tasmania. For nine weeks on top of the music charts, Sandi Thom wishes she was a punk rocker with...
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A woman’s place is in this industry: Celebrating International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we catch up with four Myponga dairy farmers who are suppliers of Fleurieu Milk who you know and love: Samantha Martin of Bengowrie, Bec Walmsley of Windy Vale, Inge Pacitti-Vreeken of Manna Springs and Mandy Pacitti of Misty Brae. Myponga, located the Fleurieu Peninsula’s foothills, is home to the five...
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Meet the Farmers: Gum Dark

Sometimes the stars align and the universe tells you you’re right where you’re supposed to be. That’s the way it is for dairy farmers Mike and Pam Mignanelli. Their lives have been punctuated by a series of coincidences that make it clear that fate has pushed them in the right direction. Mike and Pam are...
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