Family-owned Adirondack Farms is a dairy farm in Peru, New York, where the well-being of its Holstein herd guides the work. The farm is known for treating manure as a resource through anaerobic digestion, an approach that supports its goal of protecting the land while producing milk for the community.
Dygert Farms CreameryDygert Farms Creamery is a 13th-generation dairy farm and on-farm creamery in New York’s Mohawk Valley, producing milk from its own cows and processing it on the family farm since 2021. The operation traces its roots to 1723, when the Dygert family received the original 50 acres, and remains one of the area’s few operational bicentennial farms. Customers can see the cows and where their milk comes from, with glass-bottle delivery extending that farm-to-home connection.PALATINE BRIDGE, NY
Clark Farms CreamerySince 1907, the Clark family has farmed in Delhi, New York, and Clark Farms Creamery now turns milk from its own five-generation herd into minimally processed dairy products. Kyle Clark returned home with an agricultural sciences degree in 2018 and reopened the family’s former creamery as a 21st-century dairy lab in 2020, serving the Catskills with fresh milk and hand-packed butter.DELHI, NY
Ronnybrook Farm DairyFounded by the Osofsky family in 1941, Ronnybrook Farm Dairy is a Hudson Valley dairy that bottles unhomogenized milk in glass and makes minimally processed dairy products on the farm. Brothers Ron and Rick Osofsky revived the Creamline tradition about 30 years ago, and their extended family remains involved today. Ronnybrook pairs old-fashioned production with a stated commitment to humane animal treatment, including a herd descended from prizewinning Holsteins raised by the family for nearly 70 years.ANCRAMDALE, NY
North Country CreameryOverlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains, North Country Creamery is a small-scale Keeseville dairy producing farmstead cheese, cream-line yogurt, and raw milk from its own 100% grass-fed herd. Owners Ashlee Kleinhammer and Steven Googin run the 115-acre, first-generation farm, where Jersey and heritage Milking Shorthorn cows are rotationally grazed and milked once a day. The creamery is Animal Welfare Approved, Non-GMO, NYS Grown & Certified, and sells its products through the Clover Mead Cafe & Farmstore and regional outlets.KEESEVILLE, NY