Necessity Farms & Dairy is a small, family-operated farm in suburban Telford, Pennsylvania, where the owners live on site and welcome customers to their farm store. The farm raises animals on grass and pasture and produces food for local families, including raw milk and fresh sausages. Its work is grounded in preserving natural resources while making nourishing food accessible to the community.
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
Straub Beef FarmsMatt and Jessica Straub run Straub Beef Farms with their family of eight on a 100-acre farm in Darlington, where the children take part in daily farm life. The family raises beef and pork themselves and sells directly to households seeking to know where their food comes from. Their approach centers on caring for the land, raising animals without added growth hormones, and carrying family farming forward for the next generation.DARLINGTON, PA
Butterfield FarmNestled between the Adirondacks and the St. Lawrence River, Butterfield Farm is a family farm built around grass, raising Jersey cows for certified organic, New York State-certified raw milk. It also sells beef from its organic Jersey herd, pasture- and milk-fed pork, and seasonal poultry raised on pasture with certified organic grain; the birds have been raised for the family for more than 20 years.BURKE, NY