Josie Kranz
Farmer and owner
Raised on a Minnesota dairy farm, Josie holds a food science degree from the University of Nebraska and has milked her own cows in Lincoln since 2007.
Aunt Josie's Farm
Small family dairy with year-round fresh milkLincoln
Aunt Josie's Farm is a small family raw milk dairy just west of Lincoln, Nebraska, milking a few cows year round for fresh raw milk and cream, with pigs raised on the surplus milk.
Aunt Josie's Farm is a small family dairy one mile west of Lincoln, Nebraska, just behind Pioneers Park.
Josie was raised on a dairy farm in Minnesota and has milked cows since she was a girl, hand milking a cow and two goats each day before and after school. She and her late husband Christopher bought the farm in 2007 and began milking that November, with two heifers from her parents' herd and a small milking barn Christopher built himself. The family milks year round, so there is fresh, clean flavored milk and cream in every season.
The farm is deliberately tiny. The family keeps only as many animals as they can care for properly, milking a few cows and raising pigs on the milk they do not sell, alongside chickens and a big garden. Josie, a food science graduate and certified health coach, uses the farm's website to share honestly what small scale dairying involves, and welcomes anyone who wants to talk cows.
