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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Hastings Dairy Tours & Milk from Farmstead Creamery

Updated 6/1/17
We're now booking dairy tours for the 2017 season, from May to October, and have set the dates for our annual special events open to the public. We also bottle fresh milk at our farmstead creamery to sell at the farm and local stores. Check out what we have to offer this season;

Buy Fresh Milk at Hastings Dairy  -  Open: Daily during daylight
Milk is bottled on-farm at Rowdy Cow Creamery. Processed in small batches using low temperature vat pasteurization. Milk is non-homogenized (cream rises to the top) whole milk bottled with minimal processing the way nature intended. Available in white, chocolate and a variety of flavors such as strawberry, blueberry, banana, root beer, cookies & cream and others. Rowdy Cow Creamery also makes strawberry cheesecake drinkable yogurt and delicious tea in two flavors. Check out the flavor schedule on the website to see which milk flavors and other products are available.

Two of our yummy flavors; chocolate and orange cream
Bottling strawberry milk pints at Rowdy Cow Creamery

Cow Tales Adventures (for children 5 & under w/ caregiver) 
May 16, May 31, September 19 and October 4
10:00am-12:00pm @ $6/person (12 months & under free)
This farm adventure allows young children and caregivers to take a wagon ride around the farm, pet the calves, ride the cow train, play, and have fun! Arrive by 10am and plan to be at the farm until 12pm to take part in all of the activities. Milk will be available to taste and buy.


Ready for a Cow Train ride!
Petting a sweet calf

Milk from Cow to Bottle Tour & Tasting  
Morning Tours 10am-12:30pm: June 21 and August 2
Afternoon Tours 1:00pm-3:30pm: May 21, June 3, June 27, July 3, July 9, July 22, August 13, September 10, September 24 and October 13 
$6/person (12 months & under free)
Want to experience a real working dairy farm and creamery? Attend “Milk from Cow to Bottle Tour & Tasting”. This event includes milking parlor tours, wagon rides, petting the calves, the cow train for kids, viewing the creamery, and milk tasting. This is an open house, so visitors can come and go during the event. Milk will be available to taste and buy. 


Cows enjoying a meal
A tractor race!
A wagon ride through the barn to see the cows

Parking is free. Activities are outdoors and indoors. No reservations are necessary. Remember, you're visiting a farm so dress for the occasion. Milk will be for sale during all tours and events.

If you have a group of 20 or more, book a private farm tour. Perfect for schools, day camps, scouts, 4-H clubs, play groups, senior groups or any group! For a unique party experience, check out our party packages which provide private use of our facility.

For information about the farm, dairy tours and milk, go to the Hastings Dairy website

Garrett Hastings with one of his favorite cows, Lucy

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Tour Groups, Milk Bottling, Growing Corn and other Farm Activities

I would like to share what's been happening on our farm in recent weeks. . .

We've hosted some open days, several tour groups and a country wedding at the farm. . .
A day camp group takes a ride around the farm
A frequent visitor at our farm, Mickey, says hi to a favorite cow, Sassy
Having fun on our playground after touring the dairy

Lad gives Cow Train rides during one of our open days
My Dad, Tony, sharing info about the calves with visitors
This nice couple had their wedding at our farm!

It's been very wet, one of the wettest June's on record in the Cleveland area. Our corn is growing but could use several days of sunshine. . .
   
We're in our sixth month of bottling milk at our new on-farm Rowdy Cow Creamery. We feature different flavors each week like strawberry and orange cream. Stay tuned, we're adding four new flavors this summer. . . .
Bottling strawberry milk
Our delicious orange cream milk tastes like summer!
Garrett and Jack are busy working with their 4-H animals. . . .
Garrett with his beautiful red & white Holstein heifer, Vanessa
Garrett showed Lilly at the Fair last year and looks forward to exhibiting her again


My youngest son, Jack, stays busy around the farm . . .
Jack working with his Dad
He's a good caretaker of the farm cats
Our girls . . . .
The fan keeps these cows cool on a warm summer day
Garrett with his first 4-H animal, Lucy, after she had her first calf
One of our favorites, Hannah

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Local Milk for Sale and Dairy Tours at Hastings Dairy

This spring and summer we're offering special events open to the public and milk for sale produced at our new on-farm creamery. 

Buy Fresh Milk at Hastings Dairy
Open: Daily 1:00pm – 5:00pm 
Milk is bottled at the new on-farm Rowdy Cow Creamery. Non-homogenized (cream on the top) whole milk in white and flavors is low temperature vat pasteurized in small batches to maintain its natural nutrients and great flavor. This is one of only a few farmstead milk bottling operations in Ohio.

My sons, Jack and Garrett, with bottles of Rowdy Cow milk

Cow Tales Adventures (for children 5 & under w/ caregiver)
May 20 and June 3 from 10:00am-12:00pm @ $6/person (12 months & under free)
This farm adventure allows young children and caregivers to take a wagon ride around the farm, pet the calves, ride the train, play, and have fun! Arrive by 10am and plan to be at the farm until 12pm to take part in all of the activities. Milk will be available to buy.  


A young visitor taking a spin at Cow Tales
Loading up for a ride on the Chugga Chugga Moo Moo Train

Milk from Cow to Bottle Tour & Tasting 
May 16, June 14 and July 3 1:00-3:00pm @ $6/person (12 months & under free)
Interested in tasting delicious fresh milk and meeting the cows who produced it? Attend “Milk from Cow to Bottle Tour & Tasting”. This event will include milking parlor tours, wagon rides, petting the calves, the cow train for kids, viewing the creamery, and milk tasting. This is an open house, so visitors can come and go during the event. Milk will be available to buy.  


A highlight of the tour is interacting with the calves
The wagon ride takes visitors through the barn to see the cows
Parking is free. Activities are outdoors and indoors. No reservations are necessary. Remember, you're visiting a farm so dress for the occasion. Milk will be for sale during all tours and events, so bring your cooler. The farm is located at 13181 Claridon Troy Road, Burton, OH 44021.

If you have a group of 16 or more, book a private tour of the farm. Group tours are perfect for schools, day camps, scouts, 4-H clubs, play groups, senior groups or any group! Looking for a unique party experience? Check out our party packages which provide private use of our facility.
The playground is lots of fun!
 My family is excited to offer dairy tours and farm fresh local milk! For information about Rowdy Cow Creamery, the Cow Tales and Milk Tasting events, private tours or party packages, go to http://hastingsdairy.com/ or contact me at hastings97@gmail.com.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

What's Happening on the Farm?

We been experiencing beautiful weather all week. The sunshine allowed lots of field work and corn planting. It's a great start to June Dairy Month! In honor of celebrating dairy, here's a glimpse of what's happening at the farm. . .

The calves come to greet me when I enter their pen
Heifers relax in their open air barn
Content cows
A newborn calf with her mom in the maternity pen
The milk truck taking milk to the processing plant where it will become cheese
Fixing a tractor; busy field work = equipment repairs & flat tires
I love this picture of my husband, Lad, & sons, Jack and Garrett
Filling the planter with corn seed
Heading out to the field to continue corn planting
The vat pasteurizer; equipment installation continues in the new milk processing plant
A group of Kindergartners had fun at the farm during their tour
There is lots of activity at the farm. It's busy but rewarding. Help us celebrate June Dairy Month by enjoying delicious dairy products!

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

May Activities: 4-H, Lake Erie & the Farm

The first weeks of May have been full of activity. As I shared in my last two blogs, we’ve been busy constructing an on-farm creamery and preparing the farm for dairy tour season. We also have two boys that are involved in a variety of activities.

My oldest son, Garrett, and I participated in Ohio 4-H Dairy Palooza with the Geauga Dairymen 4-H Club. . .
Members of the Geauga Dairymen 4-H Club (Garrett is in the gray sweatshirt)
Dairy 4-H members learn about reproduction and breeding
They made ice cream using liquid nitrigen
Geauga Dairymen (Garrett is in the top row on the right)
 
My husband, Lad, and son, Garrett, enjoy some downtime with a bonfire in the yard. . .

On Mother's Day, my sons and I visited Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve on Lake Erie. . .
Jack and Garrett walking on the trail to the lake
Exploring the beach
Crazy boys!
Relaxing by the lake

The boys help prepare for tour season and test the playground equipment at the dairy. . .

Jack testing the tractor and corn planter
Garrett and Jack on the tire mountain in front of the milking parlor
Tough Jack
Garrett mowing the parking lot preparing for our visitors this week
Jack with farm cat Peaches

I hope to be sharing pictures of field work soon! Northeast Ohio has experienced lots of rain in recent weeks. It’s been too wet to get into the fields to prepare for planting crops. I’m looking forward to some dry weather this week.


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