Since Abram M. Barley bought its first 12 acres in 1932, Star Rock Farms has remained a Barley family operation, now carried into its third and fourth generations in southeastern Pennsylvania. Today, the family runs a large dairy and diversified farm operation while offering its own Angus and Wagyu beef directly to retail customers.
Logan Family Farms, LLCFive generations of the Logan family have worked the same Pennsylvania farm, which was established in 1894 from the Eisaman Homestead. Today, the family-owned operation carries that history into direct-to-consumer agriculture, raising livestock and crops while bringing its natural dry-aged beef to local families and food-service customers. Its guiding priority is quality over quantity, with family members overseeing the animals and the farm’s conservation work.IRWIN, PA
O’Mara FarmsFounded by Paul and Cynthia O’Mara in 1976, O’Mara Farms is a second-generation family farm in Canastota producing pasture-raised Black Angus beef from cattle finished on the farm’s non-GMO barley. The family farms 3,000 acres across Madison and Onondaga counties, growing feed and field crops alongside its cattle operation. O’Mara Farms is NY Grown & Certified, with beef processed at a USDA facility and individually traceable back to the farm’s animals.CANASTOTA, NY
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
High Lawn Farm LLCSince the early 1920s, High Lawn Farm has raised Jersey cattle in the Berkshire hills and turned their rich milk into farmstead dairy products, including milk, butter and artisanal cheese. Still owned by the third-generation Wilde family, the 1,500-acre farm maintains a herd whose lineage reaches back 15 generations and produces its own feed for much of the year. High Lawn also raises Angus-Jersey beef crosses on-site, while welcoming visitors to its barns and creamery.HARROD, OH