46 best raw milk farms in Ohio | Organised

Copia Farm
Johnstown · Raw milk, butcher4.9 · 309 reviewsCopia Farm is a family farm in Johnstown, Ohio, run by Chris and Shaena, who farm regeneratively to build soil, biodiversity and healthy pasture. Their small dairy herd is made up of heritage breeds giving easy to digest A2/A2 milk, grazed on grass every day of the year on pastures that have never been sprayed, with a small treat of certified organic grain at milking time. The farm also raises heritage breed pigs, grass fed sheep and pastured poultry. The farm store is open daily from 9am to 8pm. Raw milk comes through a herdshare, where you buy a share in one of the cows and collect milk whenever it suits you, and the store also sells pasture raised meats and eggs.
Real Food Dairy
Millersburg · Raw milk4.6 · 359 reviewsReal Food Dairy is David and Rosie Yutzy's 103 acre dairy farm in Holmes County, Ohio, where the family has farmed for more than 26 years. They started as a conventional dairy, moved to organic in May 2007, and in June 2016 took the Jersey herd fully grass fed, organic and rotationally grazed, a shift the family says brought clear health benefits in the herd. The couple are raising five children on the farm. The milk is raw, sold through a herdshare that gives families nutrient dense dairy from a farm they can know and trust. The cows move through fresh paddocks on pasture, which the family credits for milk that is richer, creamier and full of real flavour. The farm is on Township 654 outside Millersburg, and the family answers by phone or email to arrange shares.
Sweet Grass of Ohio
Fredericktown · Raw milk, butcher4.9 · 181 reviewsSweet Grass Dairy is a family owned farm in Fredericktown, Ohio, raising happy, healthy animals on pasture. The beef is entirely grass fed and grass finished under regenerative grazing, no animal is given antibiotics, and the feed is grown with organic practices by a partner farmer within ten miles of the farm. Raw milk comes through a herdshare, and the farm also sells grass fed beef, woodlot pork, pasture raised poultry and eggs, soaps and bakery goods. Shop at the farm store six days a week, order online for pickup, or use the weekly delivery service, which reaches as far as Columbus.
Two Sisters Creamery
Toronto · Raw milk, eggs4.5 · 183 reviewsTwo Sisters Creamery and Community Dairy is the raw milk herd share run from the Sow's Ear, Shawn and Beth Dougherty's farm just outside the village of Toronto in Jefferson County, eastern Ohio. The pair have farmed together since the 1980s and dairied since 1997, switching the farm to holistic rotational grazing in 2008. Their cows receive no grain, are hand milked, and the milk goes out in glass bottles to share members. Members of the farm community have received weekly shares of beyond organic, all grass fed milk, meat, eggs, butter and yogurt. The Doughertys wrote The Independent Farmstead, published by Chelsea Green in 2016, and their current site, The One Cow Revolution, chronicles the farm in detail, with posts through August 2026 covering grazing, cheesemaking, butchering workshops and the dairy year. Share availability was last posted in August 2019, so ask before travelling.
Ripple Run Farms
Circleville · Raw milk, butcher5.0 · 69 reviewsAaron and Kim Singerman did not inherit their land, they chose it. They are first generation farmers in Circleville, Ohio, and they raise beef that is 100 percent grass fed and grass finished with no grain and no feedlots, pasture raised chickens that are moved to fresh ground, and Gloucester Old Spot pigs, one of the oldest and rarest heritage pig breeds in the world and one that very few farms in Ohio keep. Their hens live on the same pastures and the eggs go straight into the store. The farm states that all of its meat is raised with no vaccines, no antibiotics and no GMO feed, and butchered at a USDA inspected facility. Pasture raised turkeys follow in the autumn for the holidays, and they ask you to call in September or October to reserve one. The farm store on London Rd is self serve with self checkout, open every day from 8am to 8pm, 365 days a year including holidays, with no appointment and no online ordering. Alongside their own meat and eggs the coolers and shelves hold raw honey, sold local and unfiltered, and A2/A2 raw milk from their partner Sweet Grass Dairy, which milks 100 percent grass fed cows on 140 certified organic acres and has the milk tested weekly by a third party lab. In accordance with Ohio law that raw milk is labelled for pet use only. The general store carries more than 150 further products the family has vetted to a non GMO, organic or all natural standard, and wholesale delivery is offered on bulk orders over 500 dollars. Circleville is a 20 to 30 minute drive south of Columbus.
Flourish & Roam
Moscow · Raw milk, butcher5.0 · 67 reviewsFlourish and Roam is a family farm about 35 minutes east of Cincinnati, Ohio, raising animals on pasture with environmental sustainability built into how the land is managed. The farm produces naturally raised beef, lamb, pork and chicken alongside a raw A2/A2 dairy herd. Buying happens through the online farm store, which sells individual cuts, meat shares and value bundles, with a raw milk herd share for regular dairy. Orders ship free to their ground states when you spend over $199, there is local delivery, and a farm store serves customers who live nearby.
D&L Meadows LLC
Williamsburg · Raw milk5.0 · 45 reviewsD and L Meadows is a small Grade A dairy farm in Williamsburg, Ohio, home to registered Nigerian Dwarf goats along with sheep, chickens and rabbits. The family chose the breed because it stays small while still milking like a proper dairy goat, and the herd is on the Dairy Herd Improvement programme, with production carefully recorded and several does holding strong milking records. Selling raw milk is illegal in Ohio, so the farm runs a herd share instead. Members legally own part of the herd and can take home raw milk from the goats they own. The farm also offers scheduled tours covering kids, milking, feeding and breeding, and registered goats are available to buy.
Arrowcrest Jerseys Raw Milk Herd Shares
Goshen · Raw milk, eggs4.9 · 47 reviewsArrowcrest Jerseys is a family dairy at 6177 Newtonsville Road in Goshen, Ohio, producing fresh, raw, grain free Jersey milk. The farm runs a herd share scheme. Buying a share makes you a part owner of the herd, and a monthly boarding fee covers the feed, care and boarding of your animals. A half share brings half a gallon of milk a week and a full share a gallon, collected from the family dairy on a day that suits you, with flexible pickup times. Newcomers are offered a free half gallon sample of raw Jersey milk to try, and farm fresh eggs are sold on request when available.
Old Country Creamery
Middlefield · Raw milk, eggs4.9 · 46 reviewsOld Country Creamery is a small dairy in Middlefield, Ohio, making farm fresh dairy in small batches. The milk comes from pasture raised cows and is free from artificial additives, hormones and antibiotics, and traditional methods with minimal processing keep the natural richness and flavour of the milk. The creamery sells fresh milk, butter, cheese and yoghurt direct, open Monday to Saturday from early morning until evening.
Everson Jerseys Dairy Farm
Canfield · Raw milk, butcher5.0 · 36 reviewsEverson Jerseys Dairy Farm is a family owned dairy in Canfield, Ohio, milking Jersey cows and sharing their rich milk through a herd share scheme, with a share typically yielding a gallon of milk each week. The family has lately added a line of soaps made right on the farm from their own Jersey milk. The farm also sells free range chicken eggs along with duck, quail and organically fed hen eggs, raw unfiltered honey, locally grown popcorn and beef, pork and chicken, with beef ordered by the half or whole animal. The shop is open Monday to Saturday and closed on Sunday.
Happy Cows Creamery
New Vienna · Raw milk, butcher4.8 · 41 reviewsHappy Cows Creamery at New Horizon Farm is a second generation family dairy in southwest Ohio, run by the Bickel family with a herd of registered Holstein, Ayrshire and Jersey cattle. The on site creamery bottles non homogenised whole and flavoured milk using low heat pasteurisation, so the cream still rises to the top. Ohio law does not allow raw milk to be sold directly, so the farm offers herd shares instead. Buying a share in the herd, with a monthly boarding fee, entitles you to a gallon of raw milk each week from your own animals. Contact the farm to arrange an agreement.
Laurel Valley Creamery
Gallipolis · Raw milk4.8 · 30 reviewsLaurel Valley Creamery is the Nolan family's farmstead cheese operation in Gallipolis, southeast Ohio, on a 110 acre farm that has been in the family since Betty and Fuzzy Cook moved there in 1947. Nick Nolan and his family moved back in 2001 to bring the dairy back to life, converting an existing pole barn into a state licensed cheese making facility. The farm is a grass based, sustainable producer of Jersey milk and farms using organic methods, though it is not certified. The milk is crafted on the farm into small batches of farmstead cheese, with a specialism in naturally aged raw milk cheese alongside several pasteurised specialty cheeses, and fresh mozzarella hand stretched to order twice weekly. The cheese sells at the Athens farmers market on Saturday mornings and through retail shops across Gallia County, Athens and central Ohio, and Huntington, West Virginia, with wholesale for restaurants and chefs. Across the road the family milks, raises calves, feeds whey to pigs and keeps the farm running day to day.
Bair-Trax Dairy
Troy · Raw milk, butcher5.0 · 22 reviewsBair-Trax Dairy is a family run grazing farm at Troy, Ohio, where the Bair family works on the belief that healthy soils lead to healthy animals and nutritious food. Their beef cattle are grass fed and live out on pasture, chickens are reared for the table, and honeybees forage the farm's clover for honey. Grass fed beef, chicken and honey are sold through the farm's online store, with orders collected at the farm or delivered. The farm is open through the week and on Saturdays, and closed on Sunday.
Keim Raw Milk Herd Share
Canton · Raw milk4.8 · 23 reviewsKeim Raw Milk Herd Share gives families in Northeast Ohio access to raw milk through a herd share run by the Keim family near Canton. Members buy an ownership share in the herd, which is certified organic, grass fed and tested A2/A2, then pay a monthly boarding fee while the farm cares for the animals. The milk is returned to shareholders weekly in half gallon glass jars at ten pickup locations around Northeast Ohio. From April through November the cows eat nothing but fresh pasture, switching to hay and bailage over winter, and the family are researching cream and yoghurt as future additions.
E.A.T. Food for Life Farm
Yorkshire · Raw milk, eggs4.9 · 18 reviewsE.A.T. Food for Life Farm is Dan and Nancy Kremer's family farm in Yorkshire, Ohio, in Darke County. The family's mission is to grow and directly sell organic, grass fed animal products, grains and produce, and they sell herdshares that give members access to raw milk from the farm's Jersey herd, the legal route to raw milk in Ohio. The farm's own listing with the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association names grass fed beef, pork, poultry, eggs, hay, straw, cheese, bread, honey, fermented vegetables and sauerkraut, and wheat among its products, alongside the herdshares. There is an on site farm store, a Saturday morning stand on Wayne Avenue near downtown Dayton, and a carpool network that carries CSA orders to the Cincinnati area. The online shop runs on GrazeCart behind a free customer account, with pickup locations across the region.
Simon Certified Organic Family Farm
East Sparta · Raw milk, butcher4.9 · 18 reviewsSimon Certified Organic Family Farm is a certified organic farm at East Sparta, Ohio, south of Canton, where organic practice meets biodynamic holistic principles. The family raise grass forage fed beef, veal, goat and pastured poultry for meat and eggs, all free of GMOs, toxic pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilisers. A herdshare with Brown Swiss and Jersey cows gives members a stake in the dairy herd, and there are CSA shares for vegetables and flowers along with medicinal herbs, vegetable starts and wedding flowers through their florist connection. You can buy at the farm or at markets, and project days, classes and events run through the year for anyone wanting to get involved.
Grants Family Farm
Dayton · Raw milk, butcher4.7 · 18 reviewsGrants Family Farm is a family run farm near Dayton in Ohio, raising pastured chickens, cattle, pigs and sheep. What began with a few chickens has grown into a whole farm system, built on intensive rotational grazing with a mix of animals and plant species to feed the soil, composting to build its carbon, and a firm rule against overgrazing. Meat is sold through the farm's online store, with orders collected from the self service farm store at New Lebanon, and the family's aim is to raise good meat for people who care where their food comes from.
Sycamore Valley Farms
Ashland · Raw milk, butcher5.0 · 13 reviewsSycamore Valley Farms raises heritage breed livestock on pasture in Ashland, Ohio. The beef is grass fed and finished, the chickens are pastured and the pigs are raised in the woods, and everything is sold through the farm's own shop, The Fold & Flock. The shop at 753 County Road 1775 opens Wednesday evenings and weekend afternoons, its freezers stocked with the farm's beef, pork and chicken beside pantry goods, soaps, tallow balms and gifts. It also carries raw dairy from two local farms, Wil-O-Knoll Dairy and Sweet Grass Dairy, sold under Ohio's pet food rules, and online there are bulk boxes, beef and pork shares, subscription boxes and a farm club membership.
Lucas Organic Farms
Hillsboro · Raw milk, butcher4.7 · 12 reviewsLucas Organic Farms is a family farm at Hillsboro serving Southern and Central Ohio, milking a small herd of grass fed Jersey cows on rotationally grazed pasture. The farm works regeneratively with hands on daily care of the herd, and bottles its dairy in glass jars through a jar exchange rather than disposable plastic. Raw milk, chocolate milk, cream, butter, yoghurt and buttermilk go to members of the farm's Private Membership Association, through weekly subscriptions or as needed orders collected in Hillsboro or London. Pet dairy products are available without joining.
Stony Meadow Farm
Lisbon · Raw milk, butcher5.0 · 9 reviewsStony Meadow Farm is a small family run dairy in the rolling countryside around Lisbon, in Columbiana County, Ohio. The herd spends its days grazing open pasture, and the milk is sold raw and unprocessed, rich and creamy with a thick cream line. Milk is sold through a herdshare. You join the programme, visit the farm for your first pickup and the paperwork, then collect fresh raw milk each week on your scheduled day. Call the farm to arrange that first visit and get started.
Koneta Farms
Wapakoneta · Raw milk, butcher4.7 · 6 reviewsKoneta Farms is a family farm in Wapakoneta, Ohio, owned and run by Jeff and Megan Brown, who met while working on a dairy farm and went on to start their own place. Jeff brings the dairy background and Megan a wide experience with animals, and they keep adding new ventures as the years go on. The farm offers raw milk herdshares, pastured poultry, pastured eggs and freezer beef, and there is a farm store stocked with local goodies for the community. It is open daily from 8am to 8pm.
The Roaming Acres Farm
Rome · Raw milk, eggs5.0 · 4 reviewsThe Roaming Acres Farm raises livestock and poultry on pasture in Rome, Ohio, moving them to fresh grass often. The pastures get no artificial fertiliser or pesticides, just composted manure and the odd dressing of lime, and the animals eat non GMO feed from a local Amish mill. Meat chickens live in open bottomed pens moved twice a day and are butchered on the farm, while Dexter cattle, a heritage breed from Ireland, graze rotationally for grass fed and finished beef. Free ranging hens lay eggs all year round, and the family also sells raw unfiltered honey harvested by gravity rather than an extractor, maple syrup tapped each spring, goat milk soap and grass fed beef tallow. There are no fixed hours, so contact the farm to arrange collection, and a herd share is listed on the website.
Nolt Farms
Russellville · Raw milk, raw honey5.0 · 4 reviewsNolt Farms is a family owned farm business in Russellville, Ohio, selling fresh seasonal produce and dairy with a farm to table approach. The dairy side rests on pasture raised cows grazing green fields, which comes through in the milk, butter and cheese, all made without artificial additives. The store also carries a selection of groceries from other local producers in the region, so one visit covers fruit and vegetables, dairy and everyday staples. It is open Monday to Saturday, and since there is no website it is worth phoning ahead to check what is in.
Belvedere Farmstead
Wadsworth · Raw milk, eggs4.2 · 5 reviewsBelvedere Farmstead is Raelene's farm on River Styx Road in Wadsworth, Ohio, run to a three part mission: nourish the soil with regenerative principles like multi species intensive rotational grazing and cover crops, raise nutrient dense food for local families, and teach old fashioned skills from canning and butchering to keeping a family cow. She grew up on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia and has farmed here with her five children since 2015. The dairy is the heart of it: raw milk herd shares from grass fed A2A2 Jersey cows, with members owning a portion of the herd and collecting rich, creamy milk each week. Four share types run from a half gallon a week up to farm shares that add meat. The farm also sells grass fed beef and lamb, corn and soy free heritage pork, pastured eggs and poultry, and a spring 2026 update lists shares open for the season.
Scwartz Family Homestead
Somerset · Raw milk, butcher4.2 · 5 reviewsSchwartz Family Homestead is a small raw milk dairy in Somerset, Ohio, milking a handful of cows entirely on grass with a simple mobile milking setup that moves through the fields with the herd. Calves stay with their mothers and share the milk, and the pastures are managed regeneratively without pesticides or herbicides. The milk is sold through a herdshare that makes you a part owner of the herd. Members collect their bottles from the milk room at the farm, where the milk is cooled in a bulk tank and everything is cleaned in plain sight. The family also raises grass fed beef.