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Highlawn Dairy
535 Summer St.
Lee
413-243-0672
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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
978-531-1457
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Milk sold at farm store. |
Richardson Dairy
1525 Main St., Rte 114
Middleton
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
413-533-0775 |
Ice cream stand. |
Mapleline Farm
51 Comins Rd.
Hadley
413-549-6486 |
Milk sold at farm store and in stores. |
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Great Brook Farm
247 North Rd.
Carlisle
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
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
508-533-8905 |
Milk and ice cream sold at farm store. |
Crescent Ridge Dairy
355 Bay Rd.
Sharon
781-784-2740 |
Own bottled milk sold at farm store and through home delivery. |
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Peaceful Meadows
94 Bedford St.
Whitman
781-447-3700
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Milk, cream, and eggnog sold at farm store; ice cream and frozen yogurt
at an ice cream stand. |
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Cooper’s Hilltop Dairy
515 Henshaw St.
Rochdale
508-892-3720
www.coopershilltopfarm.com |
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
413-477-6988
www.Robinsonfarm.org |
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
978-297-1486 |
Ice cream sold at stand. |
Pearson’s Elmhurst Dairy
342 W. Main St.
W. Millbury
508-865-2158 |
Milk and ice cream sold at farm store and through home delivery. |
Stillman’s Dairy
991 Lancaster Ave.
Lunenburg
978-582-5533
www.stillmandairy.com |
Bottled milk sold at farm store and offer home delivery. |
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. 