Commitment to the Environment

We are deeply committed to the environment and have taken numerous steps during the expansion of our operation to become more energy efficient and operate all aspects of the farm in an eco-friendly way. One of the most obvious “green things” we do is bottle our milk in glass. But there is much more to it than that! All of our re-usable glass bottles are washed on-site in our processing plant. The waste water from our bottle washer (grey water) is sent over to our manure slurry storage. Here the water is mixed with manure from the barns and provides a healthy balance of nutrients for natural field fertilization.

We produce solar power with PV panels installed on the main dairy barn. In addition, the entire operation from the dairy barns to the processing plant, were upgraded in 2011 to have all energy-efficient lighting. Cooling systems were upgraded to use the outside air in colder months, and our hot water is heated with heat taken from refrigeration units. The vacuum pump on our milking equipment is run by a variable speed drive to run only on demand as needed, not to waste extra energy.