Local Raw Milk

Goat and Cow

Keene, NH: Hannah Grimes Marketplace carries raw milk from the Knight Farm in Acworth and Flying Cloud Dairy in Alstead.   Open 7 days a week.

Acworth, NH:  Knight Farm, 166 Black North Road, Acworth, NH 03601, (603) 835-9077, email knightfarm11@yahoo.com.  We are a small dairy farm in Acworth, New Hampshire, milking 5 cows.  We are licensed to sell raw milk, yogurt, and cheese by the State of New Hampshire.  We practice organic farming to the best of our abilities; feeding only organic grain and hay, using no chemical fertilizers, and using no hormones or antibiotics.  The cows are pastured from May to November and are outside as much as possible during the winter months.

 Alstead, NH: Flying Cloud Dairy, 426 Hill Road, Alstead, NH 03602, (603) 835-2519. Certified organic raw milk from grass-fed jersey cows. The cows eat grass in the summer and hay and balage in the winter. Call farmer Bill Jahos to learn more about his other products including meats and raw cream. Raw milk sold in half-gallon glass bottles from the farm, and at Hannah Grimes Marketplace in Keene, Orchard Hill Breadworks in Alstead, and Nature’s Green Grocer in Peterborough.

Bethel, VT: Earthwise Farm & Forest, Lisa McCrory and Carl Russell, 341 Macintosh Hill Rd, (802) 234-5524, Email: lmccrory@hughes.net, http://earthwisefarmandforest.com/default.aspx. Sell raw milk and welcome more customers- pick up at the farm required. Jersey cows managed on high quality forage and a touch of organic grain. Also make yogurt, cheese, and butter.

Charlestown, NH: Ivy Bower, Nubians. Farm fresh raw goat’s milk from the sweetest Nubians around! Fresh eggs, too! Jen Girard, 205 Old Claremont Road, Charlestown, NH. (603) 826-9976 JenG193@yahoo.com. Milk and cheese also available at Hannah Grimes Marketplace.

Chester, VT: Jersey Girls Dairy, 157 Thompson Rd, (802) 875-6576, jgirls@vermontel.net, www.jerseygirlsdairy.com. Grass fed, stall-free, pastured Jersey cows. Bring your own container at least 24 hours ahead to reduce cost and waste, limited amount of milk is available in plastic gallon and half gallon jugs. Also check out our local foods market in Gassetts, VT (waawwe.com).

Dummerston, VT: Bunker Farm, Meg Riege, 857 Bunker Rd, (802) 387-2348. Small herd of hand milked Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire and Normandy cows. Cows are exclusively grass-fed in the summer and fed only dry hay in the winter. Pick up is at the farm only, our stand is open roughly 7am- 7pm, every day, year round- call in advance to reserve your milk. Milk is sold in half gallon jars.

Fitzwilliam, NH: Damon Farm, 10 Damon Rd, (603) 585-7228. Jersey cows are hand milked, fed very little grain (grown on the farm), no antibiotics or steroids. Raw milk for sale in half gallon glass bottles, as well as raw yogurt, mozzarella cheese, cream, and ice cream; fresh breads, doughnuts, preserves, etc. Pick up at the farm, please call in advance to order.

Gill, MA: Upinngil Farm, 411 Main Rd, (413) 863-2297, Clifford & Sorrel Hatch, Clifford@upinngil.com, upinngil.com/index.html. We milk our herd of Ayrshire cattle year round. In spring, summer, and fall they graze organic pastures; during winter they are fed alfalfa haylage, hay, and corn silage, all grown in Gill. We bottle milk daily in returnable half-gallon glass bottles and in plastic gallon, half-gallon, and quart jugs. You may purchase milk at the Farm Store any day of the week, 8 AM to 7 PM. If you are coming from a distance, or need a large amount of milk, call ahead.

Swanzey, NH: Cornerstone Farm, Glen Hurd, 197 Forest Ave., Swanzey, NH 03446 (603)357-4361, Fax: (603) 352-2508, i_luv_swiss@hotmail.com. They milk Brown Swiss cows, sell raw milk, cream, veal, pork, and beef. Their excess milk is fed to humanely raised veal calves and pigs. They feed their cows feed that is produced using organic principles and treat them using homeopathic remedies.

Peterborough, NH: Dancing Dog Farm & the Backyard Farm Institute, Web: www.dancingdogfarm.wordpress.com. Raw goat’s and cow’s milk on occasion, (seasonal), raw goat’s milk yogurt in the spring of 2011, homesteading classes (including cheesemaking), treatment free honey, organic maple syrup, and fresh brewed actively aerated organic compost tea for seedlings, lawns, veggie gardens and crops.

Peterborough, NH: Sunnyfield Farm, 197 Greenfield Road, Peterborough, NH 03458, Dan and Ruth Holmes, 603-924-4436, email: sunnyfield@crotchedmountain.org , http://www.sunnyfieldfarm.org, raw milk, eggs, beef, organic vegetables.

Walpole, NH: Great Brook Farm, 247 County Road, Walpole, NH 03608. Farm store name is The Milkhouse. Raw milk in 1/2 gallon glass, 1/2 gallon plastic and 1 gallon plastic. Open farmers’ hours 6am-8pm 365 days a year. They welcome farm visits. The farm is a 10 generation family farm with 3 generations working on the farm now. The farm was established in 1761 and it has been passed down from father to son and has always been used as a dairy farm. They make their own hay and corn and milk 70-80 holsteins depending on the time of year. For further information you can call 603-756-3661.

Wilton, NH: Temple-Wilton Community Farm, 195 Isaac Frye Hwy, (603) 654-6082, agraham@tellink.net, templewiltoncommunityfarm.com. All unprocessed farm produce (vegetables and cow’s milk) is available to members free of charge, if they meet the proposed budget through contributions over the course of one year. Pledges are based on the ability to pay, rather than on the amount of food to be taken. Having made a contribution, members are free to take as much food as is needed, dependent on availability. We often have more milk than is needed by our members and sell to non-members.