14 best butchers in Massachusetts

Cook Farm
Hadley · Butcher, raw milk4.8 · 1,563 reviewsCook Farm is a dairy farm in Hadley, Massachusetts, home to a herd of Jersey cows and the Flayvors ice cream business. The farm sells raw milk free of artificial growth hormones, additives and antibiotics, bottled on the farm under Massachusetts state law and sold only at the farm itself. Milk is bottled on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and available to buy every day, and first time buyers need to sign a waiver. If you want more than 3 gallons, call or email ahead of bottling day. The farm store also sells ice cream, ice cream cakes and meat, plus yoghurt and kefir cultures and cheesemaking supplies for making your own dairy at home.
Maple Valley Creamery
Hadley · Butcher, raw milk4.8 · 342 reviewsMaple Valley Creamery is a dairy farm in Hadley, Massachusetts where milk from their own Brown Swiss cows is bottled right on the farm. They sell fresh raw milk, an award winning raw milk cheddar, fresh Mill Valley cheese curds and their own Maple Valley Ice Cream, and they raise grass fed Angus beef as well. Visitors are welcome to tour the facilities and meet the cows. The Mill Valley Milk Store at the farm is open every day from 9am to 7pm. Besides the farm's own products it carries locally sourced honey, coffee, yoghurts, fermented foods, artisan cheeses, handmade soaps and candles, local sweets and syrups, and gifts from makers across New England.
Oake Knoll Farms
Foxborough · Butcher, raw milk4.8 · 232 reviewsOake Knoll Farms is a family owned and operated dairy farm at Foxborough, Massachusetts, with a pasture based approach and a long family history on the land. The Ayrshire cows graze through the summer and can choose hay indoors or outdoors in winter, and each is selected for health and soundness so she can live a long, productive life. The farm sells raw milk, cheese made from the herd's milk, and grass fed meats. Orders go through the farm's online store, and the farm is open daily for collection.
Upinngil
Gill · Butcher, raw milk4.9 · 124 reviewsUpinngil is a small, diverse family farm at Gill in Massachusetts, milking a herd of Ayrshire cows twice a day, at 6am and 5pm, with visitors welcome to watch. Through spring, summer and autumn the cows graze fresh pasture daily on an intensive rotation, in winter they eat hay grown on the farm, and the milk is bottled every day for raw sale. Massachusetts rules mean the raw milk can only be bought at the farm, so the farm store opens daily from 8am to 7pm alongside the bakery. The milk comes in returnable glass half gallon bottles or plastic jugs, and the farm also sells cheese, meat and eggs, seasonal produce with pick your own strawberries and raspberries, flowers, honey and maple.
Carter & Stevens Farm
Barre · Butcher, raw milk4.8 · 107 reviewsCarter & Stevens Farm is a family dairy farm at Barre, Massachusetts, running a pasture based system where the cows graze the fields for much of the year. Their grass fed beef is all natural, with no dyes, preservatives or hormones, and each pack comes from a single animal rather than a blend of many. The farm store sells the farm's grass fed beef cuts along with raw milk and ice cream, and the site is also home to Stone Cow Brewery, with food and beer that make a visit as much a day out as a shop. It opens seasonally, Thursday to Sunday.
Cricket Creek Farm
Williamstown · Butcher, raw milk4.7 · 104 reviewsCricket Creek Farm is a small grass based dairy in Williamstown, Massachusetts, milking cows for raw milk and a range of farmstead cheeses. The farm also raises pastured beef, rose veal and pork, and visitors are welcome to wander round and see the cows, calves and pigs, though it is a working farm rather than a visitor attraction. The farm store at 1255 Oblong Road is self serve and runs on the honour system, open daily from 7am to 7pm, taking cards, cash or cheque. Raw milk comes in plastic or returnable glass bottles and, under Massachusetts rules, is only sold at the farm itself. The shelves also carry food from neighbouring farms and producers, and the cheeses appear at local farmers markets.
Clover Luck Farm
Pepperell · Butcher, raw milk4.8 · 86 reviewsClover Luck Farm in North Pepperell, Massachusetts raises grass fed and grass finished cattle, pastured Berkshire cross pigs, free range hens and a small milking herd of Normande and Jersey cows. The cows carry A2/A2 genetics and give high butterfat milk, ranging over the property and grazing through the summer. The farm sells raw milk, fresh farmstead spreadable cheese in plain and onion and chive, beef by the cut seven days a week, pastured pork and mixed brown and blue eggs from the free range flock. There is an online shop for orders, and the beef herd is growing, so more is promised soon.
Lolans Farm
Middleborough · Butcher, raw milk4.9 · 51 reviewsLolans Farm is Susan and Sam Shields' dairy farm on Thompson Street in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Their Holstein cows are milked twice a day, and the certified raw milk is cooled and bottled on the farm, sold in half gallon and gallon containers once you have signed the required purchase agreement and waiver. Milk, farm fresh eggs and the farm's own beef are sold from the self serve farm stand, and an outdoor produce tent runs from mid July through October. They take cash, cards, Venmo and SNAP, and gardeners can even bag their own aged cow manure.
Herrick Farm
Rowley · Butcher, raw milk4.7 · 57 reviewsHerrick Farm in Rowley, Massachusetts began as Dodge's Sawmill in the 1600s, and the Herrick family still runs both a working farm and the sawmill, cutting custom rough lumber. Sam Herrick started building the dairy herd as a boy, and the farm has been in business since 1940. The farm store at 77 Dodge Road sells the farm's own raw milk and grass fed beef alongside milk distributed through the Agri-Mark co-op. In season, a produce stand on Route 133 is open daily with fruit and vegetables grown on the farm, and hay is sold in round and square bales.
The Hippie Farmer
Middleborough · Butcher, raw milk5.0 · 42 reviewsThe Hippie Farmer is a small family farm on Purchase Street in Middleborough, Massachusetts, where around 100 chickens of various breeds range freely. The farm takes a chemical free, mindful approach to raising its animals and making its products. Farm raised meat and free range eggs are sold only at the self serve farm stand, which takes cash, cheque or Venmo and opens on Wednesday and Saturday. The online shop carries the farm's handmade goods instead, from soaps, lotions and lip balm to herbal remedies, natural deodorants and pet products.
Bettencourt Farms
Rehoboth · Butcher, raw milk4.9 · 41 reviewsBettencourt Farms is a family owned and operated dairy farm at Rehoboth in Massachusetts, milking its own cows and raising chickens, beef and pork alongside seasonal fruit and vegetables. The animals are reared without unnecessary antibiotics or hormones. The farm sells raw milk and farmstead cheese made from its own herd's milk, along with pasture raised eggs, whole farm raised chickens, fresh meats and seasonal produce. You can buy at the farm on Simmons Street every day of the week, or place an order through the farm's online menu.
Chase Hill Farm
Warwick · Butcher, raw milk4.9 · 34 reviewsChase Hill Farm is an organic, 100% grass fed dairy and livestock farm at Warwick, Massachusetts. The certified organic herd of Normande, Jersey and Normande Jersey cross cows grazes fresh pasture daily in season and eats organic bales through the winter, producing the milk behind the farm's cheese as well as its beef. Alongside the beef, the farm raises whey fed chickens and pigs, all pastured and fed organic no soy grain, with the pigs rooting through the wooded parts of the hill and drinking whey from the cheesemaking. Meats and creamery offerings are sold direct from the farm, which welcomes visitors daily.
North Plain Farm
Great Barrington · Butcher, eggs4.5 · 13 reviewsNorth Plain Farm is Sean Stanton's farm at Housatonic in the foothills of the Berkshires, raising 100% grass fed and finished beef on pasture. Whole, half and quarter animals are available alongside everyday cuts, and the farm works to keep local farmland open and in production. The self serve farm store on North Plain Road is open daily from sunrise to sunset. It stocks the farm's beef together with pastured eggs, chicken and heritage breed pork from other local farms, plus Chaseholm Farm yogurt and cheese, Justamere maple syrup, Barrington coffee, local honey, granola and soap made from the farm's own beef tallow. SNAP and WIC are accepted, and the farm sells at the Great Barrington Farmers Market too.
Buckhill Farm
Westminster · Butcher, raw milk5.0 · 4 reviewsBuckhill Farm is home to Little Black Cow Dairy and is a breeder of Irish Kerry cattle, milking its own Kerry herd for real raw cow's milk. The farm sits on Fred Smith Road in Westminster, Massachusetts. The retail farm stand at the farm is open year round with fresh and local goods, farm raised meats, raw milk, eggs, honey, maple syrup and seasonal vegetables. Phone or email the farm to ask about the stand, the milk or the cattle themselves.

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