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Nelson Weekly
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TUESDAY 29 March 2016
Locally Owned and Operated
Milkie goes back to his past Mud runners ready for fun
Simon Bloomberg
Nelson milkie Trevor Nicholls is looking forward to a blast from the past and reducing his carbon footprint when when he starts delivering milk in glass bottles again. A lot of milk used to come in glass bottles when Trevor started delivering around Nelson and Tasman 21 years ago, but it was later replaced with cardboard cartons and plastic bottles. Now Trevor has decided to take his business, Milk and More, back in time and offer whole milk, from Stokebased Oaklands Farm, in good old-fashioned glassbottles. "We've had quite a bit of demand for it since the success of Oaklands Farm milk," Trevor says. "It tastes better out of glass and it's better for the environment because the bottles are reusable and the milk is a local product."
Trevor Nicholls of Milk and More with the Oaklands Farm milk he will be delivering in bottles from next month. Photo: Simon Bloomberg Oaklands Farm milk is already sold from vending machines around Nelson and Tasman, and Trevor says he is keen to try and expand its market. The fresh, whole milk is produced by A2 cows on
Oaklands Farm on the corner of Saxton and Suffolk roads in Stoke. "It's becoming really popular, but not everyone can get out to a vending machine so I thought it would be good to see if people
want it delivered. I don't have any idea what the take-up will be but it's already popular so it could be huge," he says. Trevor will start delivering Oaklands Farm milk from April 4.
The Muddy Buddy adventure run is being held this Sunday when hundreds of people will slip, slop and slide their way around the mudflats of the Moutere Estuary near Tasman School. The annual event has grown in popularity since it started in 2010, last year attracting almost 1000 mud runners. Although Muddy Buddy is all about having fun, it has been valuable for the school, raising around $11,000 last year to fund the purchase of IT equipment and security lighting while previous year’s earnings have paid for the extension of the adventure playground. On Sunday, Muddy Buddies can do one to three laps of the 2km course which includes obstacles designed to get them as muddy as possible. The event will also be a fancy-dress party with a prize for the craziest outfit - there are also plenty of spot prizes including two bikes from Avanti Plus Richmond. People can enter Muddy Buddy online at tasman. school.nz for $10 per individual and $35 for a family, or on the day for $15 per person or $45 for a family. Coffee from The Grind Coffee Roasters and food will be available, with the Water Boy and Tasman Water Care Distribution on hand to help wash down mud runners after the event. Muddy Buddy will start from Tasman School on Aporo Rd this Sunday at 11am with registration from 9.30am to 10.30am. Shoes must be worn.
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