A populated island off the northwestern coast of France is looking for a new resident dairy farmer to supply 500,000 people with fresh milk.
Sark Island is one of the Channel Islands with a length of just 3.5 miles and a width of 1.5 miles. The island's economy is concentrated in tourism and agriculture, but as the last and only dairy farmer retired, the island's population was in dire need of a new farmer.
It would be a bold move for any potential farmer to move to Sark, as he or she will have to take his cows with him, since there are none on the island, and their presence is also part of the request of the inhabitants of the island.
The island has no cars, no paved roads, no street lighting, but there is no pollution, but it attracts more than 50,000 visitors every year who, eating at local eateries, ask for milk.
After the retirement of the last dairy farmer who had worked on Sark for 30 years, the island was now left without its own dairy herd. This forced the islanders to import their dairy products from the neighboring Guernsey island.
The head of the island, Major Christopher Beaumont, said: “Sark milk is a high-quality product with a single cream on top of a traditional pint. Milk cream does not pour. Oil of saturated golden yellow milk. This is an opportunity for a farmer or farm family with relevant experience in dairy farming and production to move to Sark and resume dairy farming. ”During the first two years, the farmer will be subsidized for the first two years in the range of 20,000 to 25,000 pounds without taxes. Accommodation can be provided for at least the first two years in a four-bedroom house within 300 meters of the proposed dairy site at minimal cost.