Since 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.
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
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
Sunset View CreameryOn a 348-acre farm in Odessa, the Hoffman family makes artisan cheese and bottles milk from its own herd, carrying on a dairy tradition that began there in 1905. Sunset View Creamery’s on-farm creamery, added in 2004, turns its own cows’ milk into farmstead cheeses while the family’s store offers fresh dairy products and other local goods. Visitors can also see the operation firsthand through farm tours and the creamery’s distinctive cow-cuddling experiences.ODESSA, NY
Dygert Farms CreameryDygert Farms Creamery is a 13th-generation dairy farm and on-farm creamery in New York’s Mohawk Valley, producing milk from its own cows and processing it on the family farm since 2021. The operation traces its roots to 1723, when the Dygert family received the original 50 acres, and remains one of the area’s few operational bicentennial farms. Customers can see the cows and where their milk comes from, with glass-bottle delivery extending that farm-to-home connection.PALATINE BRIDGE, NY