The Glick family has run Maplehofe Dairy since opening its public store in 1974, building on Aaron and Susie Glick’s dairy-farming roots dating to 1948. The Quarryville business serves its local community with fresh milk processed weekly in its own plant and a farm-store experience that includes hand-dipped ice cream.
Toft Dairy, IncFive generations of the Toft family have made milk, ice cream, and other dairy products in Sandusky since 1900, making Toft Dairy Ohio’s oldest dairy. The family-owned company works with 13 nearby farms that deliver fresh raw milk to its plant daily, where it produces its “One Quality” products and supplies four scoop shops as well as wholesale customers. Its Tilly mascot, named for founder Matilda Toft, carries that century-plus local history into newer creations such as Tilly Tracks ice cream.SANDUSKY, OH
Vale Wood FarmsSince 1933, Vale Wood Farms has turned milk from its own herd and neighboring family farms into dairy products at its countryside processing plant in Loretto, Pennsylvania. The family farm spans about 500 acres, milks 200 cows, and is operated by the third and fourth generations of C.A. Itle’s descendants. Its “From Moo to You” model carries the farm’s products through an on-farm store and weekly delivery service to homes, schools, stores, and businesses across the region.LORETTO, PA
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