Shatto Dairy Farm Tour

We buy our milk from a locally operated dairy called Shatto. They have great milk that is very fresh and served in milk bottles. They literally say the milk is in the cows in the morning, bottled in the afternoon and on our grocery shelves the next morning. They only deliver in a 100 mile radius. They have all kinds of yummy flavors we occasionally indulge in, too.

The tour was so fun. We got to see how they milk the cows, bottle the milk and learned all about the process. We also got to pet one of the cows, milk one and pet the little calves. The best part was the samples. They let everyone sample: root beer milk, orange cream milk, strawberry milk, chocolate milk, egg nog, pumpkin spice egg nog and banana milk. All made with whole milk. Yum! We learned a lot from Leroy Shatto about dairy farms in general. I always loved the milk and now I really do love the dairy farmer, too. They are great hard working people!

Lisa & Finn looking so cute in E's winter gear from last year

Vivi petting Cinnamon

Elliot watching the cows get milked by the machines

Charlie & his favorite calf, Cow Patty, bonded

Noah reluctantly milked one of the cows

And I did so, not reluctant at all :D

A certain toddler may or may not have thrown an all out tantrum, falling on his knees when the milk samples ran out..... it's safe to say he liked LOVED all the flavors