Help Onondaga County Dairy Farms in 3 Steps
Bring delicious, nutritious dairy to your table – and help local farmers. It’s a win-win, and we’ll show you how to do it in 3 steps.
Step 1) Buy Dairy Brands That Use Local Milk
Step 2) Look for #36 on Your Dairy Products
Step 3) Get the Facts About Dairy!
Step 1) Buy Brands That Use Local Milk
Most dairy farms do not sell milk directly to the public. They sell their milk to a dairy cooperative. The cooperative then combines milk from multiple farms, and either sells it directly to the public – or to a larger dairy company. The following brands buy milk from Onondaga County dairy farms!
Aldi Brand Happy Farms
Byrne Dairy
Byrne Hollow Farm
Cabot Creamery Co-op (Cabot/McAdam brands)
Chobani
Great Lakes Cheese
Hillcrest Dairy/Ripley Family Farm
Hood Dairy/Heluva Good!
Horizon Organic
Kraft (Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Breakstone’s
Cottage Cheese and Sour Cream)
Maple Hill Organic Creamery
Organic Valley
Trinity Valley Dairy
Upstate Niagara
Wake Robin Farm (local brand!)
Step 2) Look for #36
The next step is to look for #36 near the expiration date on containers of milk, yogurt, cream, cheese, and any other dairy product. This number is a code for a New York state processing plant and ensures you are supporting dairy families near you.
Step 3) Get the Facts About Onondaga County Dairy Farms
Based on 2017 New York State Agriculture Census
Meet Local Dairy Farms
Volles Dairy Farm in Marietta, NY
Tre-G Farms in Manlius, NY
Barbland Dairy in Fabius, NY
