Dygert 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.
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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
Sunset View CreameryOn a 348-acre farm in Odessa, the Hoffman family makes artisan cheese and bottles milk from its own herd, carrying on a dairy tradition that began there in 1905. Sunset View Creamery’s on-farm creamery, added in 2004, turns its own cows’ milk into farmstead cheeses while the family’s store offers fresh dairy products and other local goods. Visitors can also see the operation firsthand through farm tours and the creamery’s distinctive cow-cuddling experiences.ODESSA, NY
Lively Run Goat Dairy Farm & CreamerySince 1982, family-owned Lively Run Goat Dairy Farm & Creamery has made small-batch artisan cheeses on its Interlaken, New York, farm, using milk from partner farms across the Finger Lakes and beyond. One of New York’s original farmstead cheesemakers, it is known for award-winning cheeses including Cayuga Blue and Finger Lakes Gold, while caring for its animals and stewarding the land through sustainable farming. Visitors can meet the goats and taste the cheeses at the seasonal farm shop.INTERLAKEN, NY
Chaseholm Farm CreameryOn a 350-acre, multi-generational farm outside Pine Plains, Chaseholm Farm Creamery makes small-batch farmstead cheeses from milk produced by its own grass-fed herd. Siblings Rory and Sarah Chase run the operation in its third generation, with Sarah managing the dairy herd and grazing lands while Rory turns the farm’s milk into cheeses such as Camembert and Nimbus. The creamery is one of only a handful of New York farmstead producers making cow’s-milk cheese from its own herd.PINE PLAINS, NY