Massachusetts
Dairy Farms
Massachusetts dairy farmers have a long history
of diverse operations. As some farms added cows in order to remain
economically viable, others have gone the route of directly marketing
their product to the consumer. Direct marketing requires new skills
and brings on additional responsibilities for a dairy farmer. However,
more farmers are taking advantage of the population that is moving
in around them by converting them into customers. A number of dairy
farmers have always produced ice cream and opened ice cream stands.
So too have farmers processed their own milk and sold it on their
farms - this activity has become much more popular in the last two
or three years. Many farms use glass bottles to distinguish themselves
from the neighborhood supermarket or convenience store. Some farms
also prepare dairy eggnog for the holiday season. Massachusetts
dairy farmers who sell their own pasteurized milk or their own ice
cream include the following.
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Farm Address
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Phone
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Description
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Highlawn Dairy
535 Summer St.
Lee
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413-243-0672 |
Milk sold at farm store and in local stores. 1/2 & 1/2, heavy cream,
chocolate milk, and butter. |
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Dunajski Dairy
28 Buxton Lane
Peabody
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978-531-1457 |
Milk sold at farm store. |
Richardson Dairy
1525 Main St., Rte 114
Middleton
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978-774-5450 |
Milk sold at farm store; ice cream and frozen yogurt sold at ice cream
stand. No hormones used. |
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McCray’s Dairy
55 Alvord Street
S. Hadley
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413-533-0775 |
Ice cream stand. |
Mapleline Farm
51 Comins Rd.
Hadley
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413-549-6486 |
Milk sold at farm store and in stores. |
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Great Brook Farm
247 North Rd.
Carlisle
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978-371-7083 |
950 acre dairy farm with ice cream stand. 120 dairy animals. Farm tours,
farm animals to see. Twenty miles of trails & mtn. biking. Our own
sweet corn and honey. Cow gift items. Inside & outside seating.
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Shaw’s Farm Dairy
195 New Boston Rd.
Dracut
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978-957-0031 |
Milk, ice cream and frozen yogurt sold at farm store and at ice cream stand.
Also offer home delivery. |
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Briggs Dairy
38 Winthrop St.
Medway
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508-533-8905 |
Milk and ice cream sold at farm store. |
Crescent Ridge Dairy
355 Bay Rd.
Sharon
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781-784-2740 |
Own bottled milk sold at farm store and through home delivery. |
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Peaceful Meadows
94 Bedford St.
Whitman
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781-447-3700 |
Milk, cream, and eggnog sold at farm store; ice cream
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frozen yogurt at an ice cream stand. |
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Cooper’s Hilltop Dairy
515 Henshaw St.
Rochdale
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508-892-3720 |
Dairy farm continues processing milk and retailing their own bottled milk
at the farm. Chocolate and coffee milk available regularly and egg nog
for the holidays. Hosts open house July & Aug and teacher workshops.
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Robinson Farm
201 Jackson Road
Hardwick
www.Robinsonfarm.org
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413-477-6988 |
Offer pasture based raw milk, organic eggs, pasture/milk fed veal, along
with hay and straw. Perrenials and flowers. Call ahead for large milk orders. |
Murdock’s Dairy
62 Elmwood Rd.
Winchendon
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978-297-1486 |
Ice cream sold at stand.
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Pearson’s Elmhurst Dairy
342 W. Main St.
W. Millbury
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508-865-2158 |
Milk and ice cream sold at farm store and through home delivery. |
Stillman’s Dairy
991 Lancaster Ave.
Lunenburg
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978-582-5533 |
Bottled milk sold at farm store and home delivery. |
Whittier Farms
86 Douglas Rd.
West Sutton
www.Whittierfarms.com
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508-865-1096 |
Operate a 500 acres farm with a herd of 350 registered Holsteins. Process the
milk at the farm. Farm store offers full line of bottled milk in glass and
plastic. Also grow and offer vegetables and fruit.
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Whittier Farms Inc.
237 Main Street
Shrewsbury
www.Whittierfarms.com
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508-842-2881 |
Dairy store with glass bottled milk, vegetables, and fruit. |
