Our membership is full at this time. To be added to our waitlist, please click the join today button to be added to the waitlist.

Yes, raw milk has enough lactase (the enzyme that breaks down lactose) for proper digestion, so most folks who typically suffer stomach upset with processed milk have no issues drinking raw milk.

Since we aren't able to sell raw milk in Virginia, and turning on and off milk service from week to week looks a lot like a sale, so when you are out of town for less than 4 weeks we can hold it for you and double it up when you return, spreading it out over a couple weeks if that works better for you, or we can simply donate the milk you are unable to pick up. For periods of 4 weeks or more we can set your account on a long term hold, essentially canceling your share for a time, until you are back in the area.

Raw milk doesn't go bad/rot like the store bought processed stuff. It gradually sours over time but is not bad to drink even when sour. Our milk should stay sweet for 10 days from when we deliver it before it begins to sour.

You are welcome to decrease or increase your share amounts as your needs change. You can email this request at least 3 days prior to your regular distribution, or change it within your account.

Please rinse them thoroughly and return them to your pick up location fridge when you pick up the following week. For more info:

https://sweetlandfarm.squarespace.com/bottle-washing-instructions?p

To cancel you must email your request 2 weeks before you wish to stop delivery. We will try to process this request as soon as possible, but it may take up to 2 weeks to process your request. Please do not text or call in cancellations so we can serve you better.

Please only take what is listed for you on the pick up list in the fridge. All older milk is removed upon the next delivery. Taking extra will mean another shareholder will not have their share when they come to pick up.

You can freeze it in gallon freezer bags to thaw and use for cooking or the week in the future when you need extra. It is great for cats and dogs to help their digestion and coat health. And if you like cooking, there are all kinds of great cheeses you now have an excuse to make this weekend.

Your milk is never skimmed. All the skim milk from cream separating is used for other purposes like feeding hogs or fertilizing our fields.

Our family makes lots of smoothies. Just get your favorite ingredients, a blender and voilà! You have a meal. Now you have a tasty lunch or dinner and hardly any clean up :)

We are a herd share, so you are paying for cow boarding and not milk. We generally refer to it as milk service and talk about it in terms of how much per half gallon and not boarding fees just to help it be clearer to you. You only pay your initial buy-in of $15 per half gallon to become a member and $7 per half gallon for your milk service/boarding costs.

To be a herd share member you are purchasing a portion of our herd and paying for us to care for them, feed them, doctor them and so on. In exchange for owning a portion of the herd, being a herd share member, you can get milk each week. We can't sell you unprocessed milk in the state of Virginia, so this is the next best thing. We need documentation to show you own part of the herd in order to legally distribute raw milk.

The nutritional content is similar to pasteurized milk. The main difference is that the nutrients are available due to the enzymes to digest them being present and active unlike pasteurized milk. Our protein content is slightly higher due to the breeds and genotypes of cows we have. The butterfat content is definitely higher. "Whole" milk in the store is 3.5% butterfat whereas our low end during the year is about 4.3% and it can get to the mid 5%s at other times depending on the weather, pasture, etc. Our milk has a higher CLA content than store bought since our cows graze the majority of the year and this also means more omega 3 fatty acids as well.

We used to offer whole and half gallons in plastic. There were many problems that came with plastic. It was so much easier and cheaper for us. If we didn't feel very strongly about how much better glass is for everything (everything except for our bottom line), we certainly would have kept using it.

Members would often grab 2 half gallons instead of one gallon, even when they had ordered a whole gallon, which led to many folks not getting their milk. Logistics for bottling and loading for delivery were much harder as well. We had was finding suppliers who would reliably deliver to a small farm. Most processors go through multiple tractor trailer loads per day. Since we only went through one or two 6,000 pound loads per year (it would be more like 8 now), they didn't care much about our business, as it was so little to the manufacturers. We nearly ran out on multiple occasions regardless of when we began the ordering process. Most disheartening, the amount of waste we produced was enormous. Most plastic recycling, even of easier to recycle containers like number 2 plastic, isn't happening. Most recycling ends up in the landfill unless you personally deliver it, in the proper condition, directly to the processor. This is how we recycle the returned lids. Lastly the areas around plastic manufactures are known as cancer alleys due to the amount and type of pollution they contribute to their neighbors. We would like to contribute as little as we can to creating this. Plastic is only cheaper in the short term. In the long term it creates lasting harm for us and future generations.

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