Producer

Ithaca Milk was started a few years ago with the idea in mind that small scale, sustainable farming is possible in a modern farming landscape. The animals and the land that produce our food should be treated with respect, and managed with the living environment in mind.

Since inception we have focused on supporting a few small, single breed farms with extremely high quality milk. Milk is made by cows as a highly variable and complicated natural ingredient, and we know that the best way to make great yogurt is to use great milk. Rather than adding artificial ingredients, thickeners and stabilizers, or devising complicated processing methods to correct for low quality milk, we focus on getting the best milk possible from the healthiest, happiest cows possible.

We want produce food that is nutritious and supports our farm, leaving the opportunity for us and our children to farm in the future. Although our farms do not have organic certification, we follow farming practices the way they have been for hundreds of years without the use of artifical fertilizers, pesticides, growth hormones, or GMOs. The effectiveness of our farming methods is clear in the quality of our unadulterated milk. You haven't tasted natural milk until you've tasted Ithaca Milk. Read more about how we farm here!

At Ithaca Milk we believe:

Simple is better
You should know what ingredients are in your food
Food should be traceable to its origin
Natural Processes deserve respect
Animals are not machines, and they should be outside
Farmers should be stewards of the land