Raw, LIVING Milk

Serving Northeast Ohio with access to wholesome, unpasteurized, LIVING milk

COW --> Chill Tank --> Jar --> YOU
That's IT

✔ Grass-fed   ✔ Certified Organic    ✔ Glass Jars


Herd Share Purchasing is OPEN

How It Works

1 Buy A Share

Just like a stock in a company, you own a share of the herd. This is a one-time purchase

2 Sign Agreement

Pay a monthly fee for the care and maintenance of your cattle

3 Pickup

Receive your share of the weekly milk production from the herd

Most Common Questions

  1. ) How long does it last?  This is a very tricky question to answer, because living, unpasteurized milk doesn't really "go bad", it just changes form.  If you keep the milk cold, and don't drink from the jar, you should have "fresh" tasting milk for about seven days.  After seven days, it will become increasingly sour tasting, but not harmful to consume.  
  2. What are the cows fed?  In short, grass.  From the months of April through November, the cows eat nothing but fresh pasture.  This is not possible through Ohio winters, so they are fed stored forage.   Hay is essentially sun-cured grass.  They eat a blend of hay and bailage.  Bailage is fermented hay, and the cows love it.  The fermentation helps make the nutrients of the grass more readily available for digestion. 
  3. Are the cows A2/A2?  The herd has been tested to be about 85% A2/A2 genetics.  There is a breeding plan in place that will take this to 100% in the next few years.  With that stated, most people find that unpasteurized, LIVING milk does not need to be A2/A2 in order to digest well. 
  4. Shares and boarding fees, what do I pay? The first thing you purchase are your herd ownership shares.  This means you actually own a portion of the dairy herd.   You only pay this one time.  Your boarding fees are what keep the operations of the farm going so that you may get your weekly share of the milk.  These are paid each month.
  5. I missed my milk pickup, now what?  You own your milk.  You can choose to send someone to pickup your milk if you know you won't be here. If that does not work, you can ask for your milk to be donated.  We have plenty of families who are thankful to receive donated raw milk when it is available.  
  6. Can I pickup every other week?  Right now, the logistics is only setup to handle weekly pickups. We are trying to figure out a way to manage less frequent pickups, but it looks like we are going to be sticking to weekly for the foreseeable future. 
  7. Cream, Yogurt, other products?  Right now, we only offer milk in half-gallon glass jars.  The Keim Family is researching the production of cream and yogurt.  We anticipate to have something in place before summer 2025.  
  8. Can I order beef, chicken and more?  The Keim Family Herd Share is only possible by "piggybacking" off of the infrastructure of ZOE Farms.   In other words, purchases of food from ZOE Farms plays a direct role in supporting the operations and growth of the raw milk herd share.  You may pickup your food order from ZOE Farms at the same milk pickup points listed. Ordering HERE
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