Farm Fresh Dairy Delivered To Your Door

Photo provided by Saint Benoît Creamery

We are excited to announce that our members can now add farm fresh dairy, including milk, half & half, whipping cream, sour cream, butter and yogurt, to their scheduled deliveries. We have to admit –it is kind of a warm, nostalgic feeling to have your milk bottles delivered to your doorstep. We hope you try these top quality dairy products from some of California’s finest family-owned dairies including Saint Benoît Creamery and Straus Family Creamery.

Benoît de Korsak (far right) with his son on the farm

Saint Benoît Creamery

Benoît and David de Korsak, two French brothers, founded Saint Benoit Creamery in 2004. Dedicated to the European concept of “terroir,” (meaning “food from a place,” reflecting the local foodshed, its customs and flavors). Saint Benoît uses only local ingredients, from the fruit preserves to the honey. The success of their products is in unique simplicity: creamy, organic milk and French-style yogurt made from pasture-fed Jersey cows’ milk, packaged in reusable glass containers.

Photo provided by Saint Benoît Creamery

All of the yogurt fruit-spreads are made from whole, locally-grown organic fruit and handcrafted by their partner farm Lagier Ranches. They use the whole fruit peel and all, so look for the little bits of zest floating around in the Meyer lemon yogurt.

It may interest you to know that cows’ milk naturally varies according to the season. For example, at some points of the year the cows’ milk contains more carotene, and therefore the cream layer is a buttery-yellow color. At other times of the year, the cream is whiter. Because their cows are pasture-fed, this greatly affects their milk. In the hot summer months, the ladies get pretty thirsty and drink more, producing a lighter color milk.

Truly, we can't say enough good things about this artisan product. If you are looking to support a small, local, land-loving family farm that produces delicious, organic dairy products - then consider adding Saint Benoît milk and yogurt to your next delivery.

 Albert Straus, photo provided by Straus Family Creamery

Straus Family Creamery

Straus Family Creamery was founded in 1994. It is a family-owned and operated business, dedicated to making the highest quality and minimally processed organic dairy products. Their dairy and creamery are located in the small town of Marshall on the Northern California Coast and were the first certified organic dairy west of the Mississippi River and the first 100% certified organic creamery in the United States.

Straus’ certified organic milk comes from their own farm and from eight other organic local dairies in Northern California. The first thing you'll notice when you pop the top of the reusable glass bottle of their cream-top milk is the beautiful aroma. Their organic milk is pasteurized and non-homogenized, and you can really taste the difference in the cows’ diet. Their cows graze on the sweet grasses that grow in the unique, coastal climate of the Tomales Bay region in Northern California. This is reflected in the full, rich flavor of their organic milk, organic cream and all of their other organic dairy products.

Straus Family Creamery organic butters are made in a 1950's butter churn with organic cream, no coloring or additives are ever used. This old-fashioned style of making butter takes a lot longer. With a high butterfat content (85%) and very low moisture, you’ll love using their butter for cooking and baking because it doesn't burn as easily as other butters.

We definitely appreciate the extra effort and can taste the difference and the quality.

Once you drink up your delicious milk products, remember to return your milk bottles for a deposit credit. Just thoroughly rinse the bottles and place them on your front porch for pickup by 8pm the night before your next Farm Fresh To You delivery.