Farming Close to Home

Drink Locally with milk from Northeast Pastures

Our vision is simple: Keep it organic and close to home. Whenever possible, we want our consumer-partners getting products from farms and plants nearby. That’s why we call your local milk “Northeast Pastures.” Regional production and distribution means our customers get the delicious, high-quality, fresh product they enjoy, while supporting farmers close to home. Regional, organic production builds the local economy and allows rural communities to protect the environment in which their children are raised.

Land prices and other pressures have made it hard for many farmers to stay in business in the Northeast. Our cooperative mission is to keep organic family farmers on the farm, taking care of the land and resources in your region.

You can enjoy delicious organic Northeast Pastures™ Milk and other Organic Valley foods while supporting farmers, boosting local economies, and protecting land and resources near you. Follow the links below to meet a few of the 179 Organic Valley member families farming in the Northeast. Then raise a glass of organic milk and toast the region's farming heritage, for today and for generations to come!

Meet Your Farmers

Ron and Kathy Holter

"I walk a lot out in the pastures when moving the cows around and get a chance to really see my land and all that's beautiful about it. When you're on a tractor killing yourself all day long you don't see any of that. The people I know who have switched to grazing have the same general feeling, that it makes farming fun again."

The Knapp family

The secret ingredients in Maureen and Paul Knapp's special family farm recipe are a generous cup of gratitude and a hearty handful of positive thinking.

The Yoder family

Photographer Carrie Branovan sat down in the kitchen of Kore and Miriam Yoder to enjoy a delicious farmhouse dinner, prepared with fresh ingredients grown right on the farm. Cows grazed contentedly on green pastures beyond the window, while Kore, a 13th generation farmer, talked about how organic farming gives him more time for family and a better quality of life — "without a doubt."

Jim and Nancy Gardiner

“When you live with consideration for animals, ground, water, environment, farmer, community, family, and neighbors, the result is harmony, and harmony breeds happiness.”