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!

The First Batches of Milk at Rowdy Cow Creamery

Rowdy Cow Creamery, our new on-farm milk bottling plant, is officially operating! We’ve been constructing, installing equipment, purchasing supplies and planning for a year and last week we bottled the first batches of milk.

The creamery ready for action

Fresh milk is pumped into our vat minutes after it leaves the cow’s udder. The milk is low temperature vat pasteurized in small batches.

Fresh milk is piped into the creamery

A small batch of white milk in the vat pasteurizer

Chocolate milk mixing in the vat

We bottle milk in half gallon and pint size containers. All the labels are put on the bottles by hand.

Half gallon bottles are ready to be filled with whole, white milk

My son, Garrett, helps label and organize the bottles before going into the filler

Milk is pumped from the vat to the bottler to fill the bottles.

Pint bottles filling with chocolate milk

Pints filling with white milk

Chocolate half gallons being filled

Orange Cream half gallons filling

Our product line includes a variety of flavors; white, vanilla, chocolate, mocha, strawberry, orange cream, root beer, and cookies & cream.

Orange cream pints filled, capped and ready for the cooler

Lad loading bottles into crates that will go into the cooler

Taylor taking the filled crates to the cooler

Our first two batches of milk in crates in our walk-in refrigerator.

Bottled milk chills in the refrigerator

Our milk will be on local store shelves soon. I’ll post updates on the Hastings Dairy & Rowdy Cow Creamery website and Facebook page to let people know where this delicious milk can be purchased. 

The finished product; creamy, tasty fresh milk!

Check out the Rowdy Cow Creamery website for more information about our milk.

Chocolate Milk – The Official Drink of Halloween

Chocolate milk is a delicious and nutritious treat anytime, especially during Halloween! For the 8th year in a row, chocolate milk is The Official Drink of Halloween. 

 Why choose chocolate milk?

It tastes great. Flavored milk is a top choice of kids because it tastes good.         

Contains nine essential nutrients. Flavored milk contains the same nine essential nutrients as white milk - calcium, potassium, phosphorous, protein, vitamins A, D, and B12, riboflavin and niacin. Together, these nutrients help strengthen bones, build and repair muscles and keep you full and satisfied.

Supports a quality diet. Children who drink flavored milk meet more of their nutrient needs; do not consume more added sugar, fat or calories; and are not heavier than non-milk drinkers. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Dietetic Association and other groups agree that flavored milk is a positive trade-off for soft drinks, which are the primary source of added sugars in children’s diets.

The ultimate sports drink. Studies show that chocolate milk is a great recovery drink helping your body refuel and build muscles after physical exercise. It’s “nature’s protein drink” since it contains a perfect ratio of protein and carbohydrates for replenishing tired muscles.
 

Helps achieve 3 servings of dairy. Drinking chocolate milk helps kids and adults get the 3 daily servings of dairy recommended by the Dietary Guidelines of Americans.

In the spirit of Halloween, families across the country can “treat their bones” with a nutritious beverage in disguise – chocolate milk.

Test Your Milk IQ

Do you know all the benefits of drinking milk? Test your knowledge of dairy by taking these interactive, fun quizzes:

California Dairy Council Bone Up on Milk Quiz

Ohio Dairy Producers Dairy Quiz

Chocolate Milk – The Hero Not the Villain

Chocolate milk is attracting lots of attention lately. Is it because this beverage contains 9 essential nutrients that are an important part of a balanced diet? Is it because this delicious beverage is a favorite among children? No, it’s because chocolate milk is being blamed as a cause of childhood obesity. British television personality and chef, Jamie Oliver, is leading the fight to have chocolate milk banned from schools.

Childhood obesity is a major problem in our nation but it seems that blaming a food or beverage for this problem is a little short-sighted. Eating a balanced diet containing healthy foods is important. Chocolate milk can easily be a part of a healthy diet because it’s a great source of vitamin D, calcium and potassium – three nutrients of concern kids are lacking. In fact, flavored milk contributes only 3% of the added sugars in children’s diets.

We’ve been consuming dairy, meat, eggs, and grains for generations without obesity being a problem. However, in the past decade obesity has become a major public health challenge. Why? I have a hard time believing this is due to a certain food or beverage. Could the cause be consuming too many calories and not getting enough exercise?

I support milk, flavored or white, being served to children in schools, restaurants or at home. Studies show milk consumption decreases 35% when flavored milk is removed from schools. The dairy industry has taken action to reduce fat, calories and added sugars in flavored milk. Today, the majority of milk in schools is low-fat or fat-free and most flavored milk is at or below 150 calories.

Studies show that children who drink flavored milk drink more milk overall, have better quality diets, do not have higher intakes of added sugar or fat, and are just as likely to be a healthy weight compared to kids who do not consume flavored milk.

As a dairy producer in Ohio, I’m proud to share that chocolate milk is the official beverage of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. That’s because nutrient-rich chocolate milk provides the energy, protein, vitamins and minerals to support strong bones and bodies.

I hope you’ll join me in supporting flavored milk.

Learn more about the benefits of flavored milk @:
American Dairy Association Mideast – Flavored Milk
Got Milk? – Flavored Milk
Fuel Up with Chocolate Milk Facebook Page