Our Farm and Dairy operates a grass-based cow share program in which people interested in unprocessed milk can buy a share of the herd of cows we manage. All cows have been tested for Brucellosis, Jhones, and TB. We test owners' milk on and off site on a routine basis. We milk in a grade a comparable milking parlor and milk house. All milk is filtered and never touches open air or our hands, it goes from the cow, through stainless steel pipes and into a bulk tank. Owners organize themselves into milk co-ops and take turns coming out to the farm to get their milk. We have groups from all over Michigan.

Farm and cows are certified organic. Cows are treated holistically and no hormones or antibiotics are ever used. Cows get fresh, new grass daily using management intensive grazing method. We do feed minimal (4 pounds average) certified organic corn—a small amount of their total diet for a 1200-pound animal. In Michigan it is extremely difficult to raise pregnant dairy cows in the winter without it.

We also raise pastured, milk-fed pork available in the late summer and early fall. Our families have been dairy farming for four generations and we are proud to be able to serve our owners through our cow share program.

Our Farm and Dairy, LLC, John and Patti Warnke