This month we have teamed up with Organic Garden & Home Magazine to give readers the opportunity to win one of our fantastic Organic Gardener's Gifts, each worth £50.00.

The perfect present for organic gardening enthusiasts, this gift features a Duchy Hand Trowel made using wood from the Duchy of Cornwall Estate, and a selection of our Organic Vegetable Seeds, along with some tasty organic treats (perfect for keeping in the shed for a quick snack!) while the crested wooden box can be used afterwards to store seeds or tools.

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I've been the Duchy Home Farm dairy herd manager for two years. It's my job is to make sure we're producing the best quality for our Duchy Originals Milk and to ensure that our Ayrshire cows and calves are looked after to the highest possible standards.

The average life of a conventional dairy cow is less than five years while the average age of our Ayrshire dairy cows is nearly twice that. This is because our cows produce about half as much milk as Holsteins and so are put under a lot less stress. Cows are not machines!

Each of our cows has a name which starts with the prefix Duchy so, for example, we have Duchy Buttermilk, Duchy Daisy. Each cow also has a pedigree certificate and passport with a number which must correlate to the cow's ear tag number - this means that we have complete traceability of all our animals.

Click on read more to hear about Mark's typical day...

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