For more than 50 years, Erivan Dairy has carried an Armenian yogurt-making tradition into its Pennsylvania microdairy, where the cows have names rather than numbers. The family farm’s primarily grass-fed herd supplies milk for its traditionally made acidophilus yogurt and labneh, with the company emphasizing a simple process and no hormone treatments.
Painterland SistersFourth-generation Pennsylvania dairy farmers Hayley and Stephanie Painter make organic, Icelandic-style skyr yogurt from milk produced on their family farm and neighboring farms. Their farmer-owned, family-operated company grew from a desire to sustain Painterland Farms while connecting shoppers more directly with American agriculture. The yogurt is USDA certified organic and made through regenerative, pasture-based farming practices.
Yiamas Dairy Farms LLCYiamas Dairy Farms makes traditional Greek yogurt in the United States using 100% fresh milk and a family recipe brought over from Greece. Kostas, a third-generation Greek dairy family owner, drew on more than 65 years of his family’s experience in the Greek market and his grandfather’s original recipe to create Yiamas. The company uses milk selected from local farms and supplies its yogurt to restaurants, hotels, caterers, and homes.BAYSIDE, 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
The Family CowThe Shank family’s Chambersburg farm produces certified-organic, truly pastured foods, including its flagship A2A2 raw milk, while managing the chain from organic feed and regenerative grazing through USDA-inspected processing. The land has remained in the same family for 100 years, and Edwin and Dawn Shank now farm alongside the fifth and sixth generations. Since 2008, The Family Cow has connected customers with the farm through Pennsylvania pickup routes and nationwide home delivery.CHAMBERSBURG, PA