Showing posts with label dairy farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dairy farm. Show all posts

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, December 10, 2015

Milk from Rowdy Cow Creamery

Thanks to the cows at our farm, we bottled delicious whole milk today in white, chocolate, root beer and buttermilk. It's available at local stores in Geauga County, Ohio.

Friendly #6582 just finished milking
Rowdy Cow milk in root beer, white, chocolate, & buttermilk
Some of the girls in the milking parlor
Click here for a list of stores that carry Rowdy Cow Creamery milk.

Vanessa being milked
Whole milk is the original protein drink! It's nutrient dense naturally containing calcium, potassium, protein, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin B12, riboflavin and niacin. Milk is convenient, satisfying and filling as a snack or with a meal. So drink up!

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.


Tuesday, April 9, 2013

An Authentic Farm Experience

We’re offering a unique experience for those interested in visiting an authentic dairy farm. During
May and June, we’ll be open to the public for three special events. In addition, private tours and party packages are available by appointment from April to October.

A visit to our farm includes a guided tour of the milking parlor to watch the cows being milked, a
wagon ride to the barn to see where the cows live, a visit to the calf area to pet the calves, agri-
education stations, outdoor playground, corn box, pedal tractors, craft activity, farm games, and a
Junior Dairyman indoor play area.

Here are some scenes from our 2012 special events and tour groups at the farm. . . . .
Getting to know our cows at Cow Tales Adventures 
A day camp group in our freestall barn
Enjoying a hayride on a beautiful day
Visitors see where the cows live, what they eat, how they are treated, etc.

Everyone loves interacting with the calves
The calves have fun with the visitors

Inside the milking parlor watching the cows milking
The Junior Dairyman indoor play area
Sometimes we have tractors on display & kids love the pedal tractors!
The outdoor playground has lots of space to run and play!
The May & June Special Events include all of the activities shown above plus. . . .
Spring Dairy Season Opener
Sunday, May 19 from 1:00-5:00pm @ $6/person (2 & under free)
Join us to re-open our farm for the season. The events listed above will be going on the entire time
we're open. Come and go anytime.

Cow Tales Adventures (for children 5 & under w/ caregiver)
Tuesday, May 21 from 10:00am-12:00pm @ $6/person (12 months & under free)
This farm adventure allows young children and caregivers to tour the farm, make a cow craft, play in the indoor play area and have a dairy snack. Plan to arrive by 10am and be at the farm until 12pm to take part in all of the activities.

Celebrate June Dairy Month
Sunday, June 23 1:00-5:00pm @ $6/person (2 & under free)
Celebrate June Dairy Month by visiting a dairy to learn about cows and milk! The events listed above will be going on the entire time we're open. Come and go anytime.

Parking is free. Drinks and ice cream bars are available for sale or bring your own picnic. Activities
are outdoors and indoors. No reservations are necessary. These special events will proceed rain or shine. Remember, you're visiting a farm so dress for the occasion.

If you have a group of 15 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.

We look forward to hosting you on our farm! For details about the special events, private tours or
party packages, visit the Hastings Dairy webpage. To book a private tour or party, contact me.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Scenes from June Dairy Month

Thanks to everyone who celebrated June dairy with us! Scenes from the events we hosted on our farm.....

Some of our cows love attention!

A group of dietetic students in the freestall barn

I wonder how her shirt tastes?

What's better than a hayride on a beautiful summer day?

Curious Kindergarten students are ready to tour the farm

The children watch the cows being milked

A day camp group having fun with the calves

Hey Mom, can I take this one home?

Everyone loves the calves!

Bottle feeding a calf during Cow Camp
Students of all ages like the calves

Me with one of our babies

Visitors learn what cows eat

Playing cornhole on the front porch of the barn

Making a cow eartag neclace to take home

Climbing on the tire snake

Fun on the playground

My dad, Tony, cooks hotdogs during Dawgs at the Dairy

My parents, Carolyn & Tony, helped with visitors at the farm

Garrett, Lad, Jack and Momma Kitty take a break

The boys cool their feet in a tub of ice water on a hot afternoon

We'll have more special events on our farm in the Fall. It's lots of fun for us, our cows and the visitors!
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