Cute calves and a slippery water slide helped draw more than 300 people to Lindsay Farm Dairy's open day late last month.
One of New Zealand's largest raw milk producers, and Paul and Christine Ashton's Lindsay Farm has won the Be Pure Paddock to Plate award in the Green Agriculture Innovation Awards.
The farm has been run organically for the past 12 years and has been producing raw milk for the past eight.
Eldest daughter Ange said the open day on February 25 gave the public the opportunity to see how the 100ha family-owned-and-operated farm worked, including how the cows were milked and how the milk was bottled.
"We had a fantastic day, with approximately 340 attending the day with perfect weather," said Ange. Last year 220 people turned up to the inaugural open day, and this year people could suggest names for a new calf on the farm and have fun on the water slide.