The Keim Family

Atlee and Anna Keim are a young Amish family living in Apple Creek, Ohio. Together with their five children, they work the land and care for their dairy herd using traditional Amish farming practices. They are a small, family-run operation and do not use mechanized equipment for milking.

Like many small dairy farms, the Keims have struggled to remain financially stable by selling milk into the commodity market. This herd share allows their family to move away from that system and toward a more sustainable future. Your participation directly supports their ability to continue farming and provide their children with a viable path forward on the land.

About the Herd

The dairy herd is completely grass-fed, certified organic, and tested A2/A2 genetics. Cows are milked by hand each day. Milk is chilled immediately to 36 degrees and then jarred in glass containers.

The ZOE Farms Connection

Dustin and Erin Schnabel own and operate ZOE Farms in Canton, Ohio. They believe that small, family farms are essential to maintaining a transparent, ethical, and healthy food system.  At no cost to the Keim Herd share, ZOE Farms provides the infrastructure, coordination, and pickup locations that make the Keim herd share possible.

In simple terms, the Keim family focuses on caring for the cows and producing the milk.  Dustin and Erin along with the staff at ZOE Farms support the modern transportation, refrigeration and sanitizing systems that allow the herd share to operate smoothly and sustainably - at no cost to the Keim's. 

Purchasing food through ZOE Farms directly supports the Keim family by helping fund the infrastructure to bring their milk to more families across Northeast Ohio. 

To order grass-fed and finished beef, pasture-raised chicken, heritage pork, and more, visit www.zoefarms.com.