Founded in 1975 by Jerry Reilly as a direct-to-customer retail dairy, Halo Farm makes and sells milk, ice cream and fresh fruit drinks from its Lawrenceville operation. The company homogenizes, pasteurizes and packages its hormone-free milk on site, then uses its own milk and cream to make 48 flavors of super-premium ice cream. Its Halo Fête shop, opened in 2005, extends that dairy craft into an ice cream pâtisserie.
HP Hood LLCFounded by Harvey P. Hood in 1846 after he spent two years delivering milk for other farms, HP Hood LLC makes dairy products ranging from everyday milk to ice cream and cottage cheese. The New England-rooted company builds its brand around milk sourced from farmers who pledge not to use artificial growth hormones and around innovations such as its LightBlock Bottle, which protects milk’s fresh taste from light.BATAVIA, NY
Hartzler Family Dairy, IncHartzler Family Dairy, Inc. is a family-owned Wooster dairy that farms, processes and sells minimally processed milk along with dairy products such as cheese and hand-packed ice cream. Harold and Patricia Hartzler began farming in Wayne County in the early 1950s, and the family opened its Wooster storefront and processing plant in 1996. Today, Joe Hartzler and his son Jace run the business under the family philosophy “As Nature Intended,” using pasture-fed cows in warm months and returning milk in reusable glass bottles.WOOSTER, OH
United DairySince 1954, United Dairy has processed fresh milk and other dairy foods, along with beverages and frozen desserts, for the Tri-State Area and beyond. The family-owned company works with more than 300 local family dairies, sourcing milk from farms within 100 miles of its plants and moving products from farm to fridge in about 24 hours. United Dairy also develops custom ice-cream and yogurt mixes for private-label and co-packing customers in batches ranging from 3 to 400 gallons.MARTINS FERRY, OH
Woodside Farm CreamerySince the Mitchell family established Woodside Farm in 1796, it has remained a family-owned agricultural operation; today, Woodside Farm Creamery makes fresh homemade ice cream on the farm using milk from its herd of more than 30 Jersey cows. The farm resumed dairying in 1995 and opened the Creamery in 1998, while continuing to sell farm-fresh eggs and other farm products. Delaware recognized the Mitchell family’s 200th year of family-owned farming in 1996 as part of the state’s Centennial Farm heritage.WILLOW STREET, PA