Symons Organic Dairy Co
Servicing the Bendigo region since 1919, Symons’ Dairy was established by Albert Symons.
In 1953 Albert’s son George took over, running the business for the next 40 years. In those days milk was delivered by horse and cart. Milk was ladled into your own billy can at the gate, at the grand cost of twopence a pint.
Many of Bendigo's older residents can remember the days when they brought their billy full of Symons’ milk into the kitchen for breakfast. Symons’ Dairy has now been in the same family for three generations. For almost a century, Bendigo consumers have purchased the Symons Dairy brand with full trust and a sense of nostalgia.
Now, third-generation member Bruce is continuing this tradition of trust in food with Symons Organic Dairy.
“For several decades, we have supplied organic milk, long before herbicides, pesticides and antibiotics - although it was just known as milk in those days. In a sense, we are just going back to what we used to do!”
Bruce Symons – a third generation milkman – believes organic farming is the most healthy and sustainable approach. Bruce and his family have been committed organic food consumers for more than a decade. He wants to make organic dairy products more accessible to all and has relaunched the Symons Dairy brand as a range of organic dairy products.
The Symons Dairy brand ceased in the late 1990’s in the push for rationalisation of brands by Big Business. The Symons are committed to organic food because they recognise that the whole system is connected – soil, plants, animals, food, people, and, not least, the environment.
We know that people are drawn to organic food for a variety of reasons, ranging from superior taste through to concerns about contamination and environmental sustainability. All our milk is from farms, processors and products that are Certified Organic. This means they are audited and comply with a set of strict regulations known as standards which define what we can and can’t do.
