Local Milk for Sale and Dairy Tours at Hastings Dairy

This spring and summer we're offering special events open to the public and milk for sale produced at our new on-farm creamery. 

Buy Fresh Milk at Hastings Dairy

Open: Daily 1:00pm – 5:00pm 
Milk is bottled at the new on-farm Rowdy Cow Creamery. Non-homogenized (cream on the top) whole milk in white and flavors is low temperature vat pasteurized in small batches to maintain its natural nutrients and great flavor. This is one of only a few farmstead milk bottling operations in Ohio.

My sons, Jack and Garrett, with bottles of Rowdy Cow milk

Cow Tales Adventures (for children 5 & under w/ caregiver)
May 20 and June 3 from 10:00am-12:00pm @ $6/person (12 months & under free)
This farm adventure allows young children and caregivers to take a wagon ride around the farm, pet the calves, ride the train, play, and have fun! Arrive by 10am and plan to be at the farm until 12pm to take part in all of the activities. Milk will be available to buy.  

A young visitor taking a spin at Cow Tales

Loading up for a ride on the Chugga Chugga Moo Moo Train

Milk from Cow to Bottle Tour & Tasting 
May 16, June 14 and July 3 1:00-3:00pm @ $6/person (12 months & under free)
Interested in tasting delicious fresh milk and meeting the cows who produced it? Attend “Milk from Cow to Bottle Tour & Tasting”. This event will include milking parlor tours, wagon rides, petting the calves, the cow train for kids, viewing the creamery, and milk tasting. This is an open house, so visitors can come and go during the event. Milk will be available to buy.  

A highlight of the tour is interacting with the calves

The wagon ride takes visitors through the barn to see the cows

Parking is free. Activities are outdoors and indoors. No reservations are necessary. Remember, you're visiting a farm so dress for the occasion. Milk will be for sale during all tours and events, so bring your cooler. The farm is located at 13181 Claridon Troy Road, Burton, OH 44021.

If you have a group of 16 or more, book a private tour of the farm. Group tours are perfect for schools, day camps, scouts, 4-H clubs, play groups, senior groups or any group! Looking for a unique party experience? Check out our party packages which provide private use of our facility.

The playground is lots of fun!

 My family is excited to offer dairy tours and farm fresh local milk! For information about Rowdy Cow Creamery, the Cow Tales and Milk Tasting events, private tours or party packages, go to http://hastingsdairy.com/ or contact me at hastings97@gmail.com.

The First Batches of Milk at Rowdy Cow Creamery

Rowdy Cow Creamery, our new on-farm milk bottling plant, is officially operating! We’ve been constructing, installing equipment, purchasing supplies and planning for a year and last week we bottled the first batches of milk.

The creamery ready for action

Fresh milk is pumped into our vat minutes after it leaves the cow’s udder. The milk is low temperature vat pasteurized in small batches.

Fresh milk is piped into the creamery

A small batch of white milk in the vat pasteurizer

Chocolate milk mixing in the vat

We bottle milk in half gallon and pint size containers. All the labels are put on the bottles by hand.

Half gallon bottles are ready to be filled with whole, white milk

My son, Garrett, helps label and organize the bottles before going into the filler

Milk is pumped from the vat to the bottler to fill the bottles.

Pint bottles filling with chocolate milk

Pints filling with white milk

Chocolate half gallons being filled

Orange Cream half gallons filling

Our product line includes a variety of flavors; white, vanilla, chocolate, mocha, strawberry, orange cream, root beer, and cookies & cream.

Orange cream pints filled, capped and ready for the cooler

Lad loading bottles into crates that will go into the cooler

Taylor taking the filled crates to the cooler

Our first two batches of milk in crates in our walk-in refrigerator.

Bottled milk chills in the refrigerator

Our milk will be on local store shelves soon. I’ll post updates on the Hastings Dairy & Rowdy Cow Creamery website and Facebook page to let people know where this delicious milk can be purchased. 

The finished product; creamy, tasty fresh milk!

Check out the Rowdy Cow Creamery website for more information about our milk.

Visit our Dairy Farm this Fall

Fall is a wonderful time to visit a farm! We have four events happening on our farm in September and October that are open to the public. Come on down to the farm to meet our cows and check out the progress of our new milk bottling plant.

Cow Tales Adventures

Dates: September 17 and October 2

Time: 10am – 12pm

Special Instructions: This event is specifically for children 5 & under with a caregiver. Plan to arrive by 10am and be at the farm until 12pm to take part in all of the activities. Includes a cheese snack.

Cost: $6/person (12 months & under are free)   

Fall Dairy Days

Dates: September 28 and October 12

Time: 1pm – 5pm

Description: This event is open to all ages. All the activities are going on the entire time we're open. Come and go anytime.

Cost: $6/person (1 years-old & under are free)  

Cow Tales & Dairy Days include;

• Guided tour of the milking parlor to watch the cows being milked
• Visit to the calf area where you can pet and interact with calves
• Wagon ride tour of the farm to see where the cows live
• Rides for children on the Chugga Chugga Moo Moo train  
• Time to play on the farm-themed outdoor playground, pedal tractors & corn box
• Indoor Junior Dairyman play area with farm themed toys
• Cow Craft activity
• Great photo opportunities!

Some of these activities are outdoors and some are inside. The events will go on rain or shine, we recommend wearing boots or old shoes. Please be prepared to pay with cash or check, we are not able to process credit cards. No reservations required.

Our farm is also available for scheduled group tours or parties in September and October. For more information, check out the Hastings Dairy website.  

Here are some scenes from previous Cow Tales Adventures & Dairy Days events:

Kids love riding the Chugga Chugga Moo Moo train

Watching the cows milking from the observation balcony

Watching the cows in the milking parlor

Taking a wagon ride around the farm

A favorite activity; petting the calves

Playing in the corn box

Building a log barn in the Parlor room

Fun in the giant sandbox

Families enjoying a picnic on the playground

See our new milk bottling plant; we'll be selling milk soon!

See you down on the farm!

A Unique Experience on our Dairy Farm

Looking for a fun, educational and unique family activity? Participate in Cow Tales Adventures at our dairy farm on May 21^st or June 3^rd.  This event is for children 5 and under accompanied by a caregiver. It’s from 10am to 12pm and the cost is $6/person (12 months & under are free). No reservations necessary.

Cow Tales Adventures includes;

• Guided tour of the milking parlor to watch the cows being milked
• Visit to the calf area where you can pet and interact with calves
• Wagon ride tour of the farm to see where the cows live
• Rides for children on the Chugga Chugga Moo Moo train  
• Time to play on the farm-themed outdoor playground, pedal tractors & corn box
• Indoor Junior Dairyman play area with farm themed toys
• Cow Craft activity
• Cheese snack  
• Lots of fun and photo opportunities!

Some of these activities are outdoors and some are inside. The event will go on rain or shine, we recommend wearing boots or old shoes. Please be prepared to pay with cash or check, we are not able to process credit cards.

Our farm is also available for scheduled group tours May, June, July, September and October. Reservations are required. A farm tour is a neat opportunity for school groups, day camps, scouts, service clubs, senior groups or any group interested in experiencing a working dairy. The minimum group size is 16 people. The tour can be tailored to any age group. For more information, check out our website. 

Here are some scenes from previous Cow Tales Adventures and dairy tours:

Students watch the cows milking

A wagon ride around the farm

The wagon stops in the barn to see the cows

A visitor connects with a sweet calf

Kids love petting the calves!

Ready for a ride on Chugga Chugga Moo Moo

Visitors can watch the cows milking through the windows in the Parlor

Fun at the indoor play area

The corn box is always a hit with kids!

The giant sand box on the playground

Playing on the tire mountain

Farming with pedal tractors

We hope to see you at our farm in 2014!

Playing in our Backyard

The fall season is a busy time on our farm. Harvest is going strong, in between the wet
weather, and we host several visitors at our farm. In between the work there’s time for
fun. Our family takes advantage of all the wonderful activities in our area.

Headwaters Park, Huntsburg

The first colorful leaves of fall

Jack and Garrett explore the woods

Jack and me

Derthick's Corn Maze. Mantua

 
Mesopotamia Fall Festival

Making candles the old fashion way

Mesopotamia Town Square

Sirna’s Farm Fall Festival, Chagrin Falls 

Garrett and me with the beautiful pumpkins

The boys liked having their face painted

Jack enjoying cotton candy and a hayride

Apple Butter Festival, Century Village, Burton

The boys take turns stirring the pot of apple butter

They love going inside the caboose

Patterson Farm Family Fun Fest, Chesterland

Garrett and his friend have fun on the push carts

Jack takes a ride on the giant tire swing

Hale Farm & Village Fall Festival, Bath

Lad and Garrett in front of a log house built in 1805

The boys and me

Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve, Burton

Jack on the dock at Lake Kelso

Garrett examines what's growing in the lake

We are lucky to live in such a beautiful and family-oriented place!