Fancy a farmer? Date a dairyman

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Sick of being alone in the countryside with only their cows for company, a group of lonely Welsh dairy farmers have begun advertising on milk bottles to find a date. Five single farmers -- three men and two women -- are advertising their lonely hearts on bottles of Calon Wen organic milk.

Their pictures are accompanied by the slogan in "Fancy a Farmer?" and "Ffansi Ffarmwr?" in Welsh plus a website address for potential love interests to find out more. The scheme was devised by Iwan Jones, a 30-year-old farmer from north Wales, who is a director of the co-operative firm. "The Welsh countryside is a great place to live, with stunning scenery, but it can be a hard place to find a date, as I'm finding out," said Jones, whose entry lists his interests as...