Arla, cut permanent ties with Longlands!

Arla must cut ties permanently with Longlands Farm, Derbyshire, following the harrowing story of Ella was revealed in a national investigation of the dairy industry.

We are calling on Arla UK to remove Longlands, Derbyshire, from its supply chain for good. No suspensions. A permanent drop. For Ella.

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To: Bas Padberg, Managing Director of Arla Foods UK

Ella couldn’t stand, so they strapped her to a hoist on a vehicle and dragged her along the concrete floor. This is the horrifying reality documented at Longlands Farm in Linton, Derbyshire – an Arla 360 farm.

Ella wasn't alone. Using undercover cameras, Animal Justice Project (AJP) documented other sick and vulnerable cows being hoisted and dragged, suffering wounds to their hips, knees and ankles. Cows were kicked, hit and verbally abused. Even children were filmed striking these defenceless animals. Another extremely thin cow suffering from diarrhoea had her most basic needs neglected, and was left without food for more than three days and without water for over 31 hours. Similarly, with Ella, as she deteriorated, she had been left lying in the same position for more than 59 hours. This is simply unacceptable.

These weren't isolated incidents. Over just ten days, an independent animal welfare specialist identified a staggering 66 alleged breaches of legislation and farm assurance standards at Longlands – the highest of any farm reviewed in Animal Justice Project’s investigation.

In 2025, when another Arla farm was exposed by AJP – Lowfields Farm in North Yorkshire – Arla stated it takes a “zero-tolerance approach” to animal welfare breaches. Despite the severity of our findings, the farm was reinstated by Arla after a few weeks. Now Arla says it has suspended milk collections from a number of the farms in our investigation and put them on action plans: the same route back in.

How can Arla make these promises while cows like Ella suffer in their supply chain? This is The Big Milk Con: the enormous gulf between the reassuring imagery of dairy sold to consumers and the blatant suffering documented behind closed doors. Ella deserved compassion, not violence. And consumers deserve more than corporate promises that fail to reflect reality.

We're demanding that Arla permanently ends its contract with Longlands Farm, with no reinstatement.

No suspension. No action plan. No second chance. Not like Lowfields Farm. End the contract for good.

Anything less and you're amplifying The Big Milk Con.

Please stand by Ella: end the contract, and don't take a single drop of milk from Longlands Farm again.

Yours sincerely,

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