The best farm shops in Massachusetts
4.8 from 2,926 reviews across 16 farms
Organised lists 17 farms in Massachusetts, including 17 farm shops, 14 raw milk farms and 12 butchers. 17 deliver to your door.
4.8 from 2,926 reviews across 16 farms
Organised lists 17 farms in Massachusetts, including 17 farm shops, 14 raw milk farms and 12 butchers. 17 deliver to your door.



Cook FarmRaw milk farm in Hadley4.8 (1546 reviews)Cook 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 CreameryFarm shop in Hadley4.8 (334 reviews)Maple 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 FarmsFarm shop in Foxborough4.8 (225 reviews)Oake 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.
Maplebrook FarmsteadRaw milk farm in Sterling5 (173 reviews)Maplebrook Farmstead is a family farm at 155 Tuttle Road in Sterling, Massachusetts, milking a small herd of Ayrshire cows. The breed, which began in Scotland, is hardy, well suited to the New England climate, and gives naturally homogenised milk that many people find easy to digest. The cows live on pasture around the clock apart from milking, eating grass and hay grown on the farm, and the milk is always free of artificial growth hormones, additives and antibiotics.
The raw milk is bottled fresh daily and sold at the farm stand alongside eggs. In Massachusetts raw milk may only be sold on the farm where it is produced, so every gallon means a trip to the farm, and the stand is open daily.
Paskamansett FarmsRaw milk farm in Dartmouth4.8 (138 reviews)Paskamansett Farms is a family run farm on Tucker Road in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where the family joke that the cows are not on drugs, they just love their grass. Raw cow's milk is the mainstay, sold by the gallon and half gallon with a returnable glass bottle option, alongside eggs and fresh vegetables in season.
The farm stand is open every day of the year from eight in the morning until eight at night, and a seasonal ice cream stand joins it through the warmer months. It is a simple, direct way to buy from the farm itself.
UpinngilButcher in Gill4.9 (121 reviews)Upinngil 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 FarmButcher in Barre4.8 (106 reviews)Carter & 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.
The Grey BarnFarm shop in Chilmark4.8 (64 reviews)The Grey Barn is a certified organic farm at Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard, a diversified New England family farm with dairy cows and pigs, a creamery and a bakery turning out bread and pastry. The creamery makes a family of named cheeses from the farm's own milk, among them Bluebird, Eidolon and Prufrock.
The farmstand at the farm has closed for good, according to the farm's own website, which now lists every day as closed. If you are hoping to buy their cheese or see the farm, get in touch with them directly before planning a trip.
Lolans FarmRaw milk farm in Middleborough4.9 (48 reviews)Lolans 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.
The Hippie FarmerButcher in Middleborough5 (38 reviews)The 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 FarmsFarm shop in Rehoboth4.8 (38 reviews)Bettencourt 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.
The Herb Hill FarmRaw milk farm in Pepperell5 (13 reviews)The Herb Hill Farm is a small diversified family farm in Pepperell, Massachusetts, running a licensed Grade A micro-dairy. Fresh raw goat's milk comes from goats on a pasture based diet with organic grains, and the farm also raises organic chickens and ducks for meat and eggs. Vegetables are grown to USDA certified organic standards, certified by Baystate Organic Certifiers, using regenerative methods.
Milk, eggs, chicken and bags of organic vegetables can be ordered through the farm's online store, with drive through window pickup at the farm in Pepperell and a weekly Thursday afternoon pickup in Andover.
O'Brien FarmRaw milk farm in Orange4.9 (11 reviews)O'Brien Farm is a family dairy at Orange, Massachusetts, bottling raw milk from a grass fed herd of Jersey cows. It is a Grade A raw milk dairy, licensed and inspected by the state of Massachusetts and tested monthly, and the milk is bottled every day so it reaches the stand at its freshest. Because it is not homogenised, the cream rises to the top, ready to shake back in or skim off for your coffee.
Milk is sold from the self service farm stand, open day and night all year round, in gallons, half gallons and quarts, with glass half gallons on a bottle deposit. The farm also sells compost, and buying clubs and larger orders are welcome with a day's notice.
North Plain FarmFarm shop in Great Barrington4.5 (13 reviews)North 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 FarmRaw milk farm in Westminster5 (3 reviews)Buckhill 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.
DaSilva FarmFarm shopDaSilva Farm is Josh and Felicia DaSilva's family farm at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, raising poultry and eggs on chemical free pastures. The chickens and turkeys are pasture raised on certified organic feed, the laying hens on non-GMO feed, and the beef and lamb are grass fed, with no growth hormones, antibiotics or synthetic feed anywhere in the system.
The farm stand at the end of the long driveway sells eggs, chicken, sausage, bacon, pork, beef, lamb and turkey on Tuesday afternoons and Saturday mornings, and you can pre order online ahead of a visit. They also offer a farm share and appear at local farmers markets through the season.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
