How we got here

Have you ever had to make a hard decision not knowing what the end result was going to be? Well that is how we got here. In June of 2025 My husband Allen and I were doing morning chores then working 8+ hours a day at off the farm jobs, coming home to work the farm, and trying to balance our family. We had already been juggling for 3 years and were getting burnt out. We knew we needed to make a change, but what would that look like?

I decided to sell most of the cows and keep the younger ones. I dried up the milk cows that were pregnant and we took the summer to figure things out. We lived off the money we got from the cows that we did sell. That bought us precious time. Then in September Lainy had her baby and I started milking again. I quickly realized she was going to give way more milk than I could use (8+) gallons a day!

I started botteling her milk just for us and noticed an instant diffrence in the taste of the milk. It was light, sweet and creamy. Nothing like the milk I was used to drinking from our commercial herd. Then I started to notice a diffrence in my digestion. No more upset stomaches, gas, or bloating. I even have less acne! My husband also noticed a big diffrence. He no longer craved Mt. Dew, sweets, or other junk food. Thats when we realized why raw milk is becoming so popular.

I had already done some research and talked to the Raw Milk Insitute and started the process of learning their techniques. I also connected with a well respected raw milk dairy close to us in Bark River. With their help I began to implement the proper procedures, which is still a work in progress.

Now Here we are almost a year later with more customers than I thought I would have and a new outlook on the future of our small family dairy farm, that has been here since 1947, with 3 generations of experience in dairy cattle and a hunger for helping our community.