Direct marketing requires new skills and brings on additional responsibilities for a dairy farmer. However, more farmers are taking advantage of the population that is moving in around them by converting them into customers. A number of dairy farmers have always produced ice cream and opened ice cream stands. So too have farmers processed their own milk and sold it on their farms - this activity has become much more popular in the last two or three years. Many farms use glass bottles to distinguish themselves from the neighborhood supermarket or convenience store.
Some farms also prepare dairy eggnog for the holiday season.
Massachusetts dairy farmers who sell their own pasteurized milk or their own ice cream include the following. Back to table of contents Hampden County Westview Farm East Hill Rd. David Bradway Ice cream stand. Jr. Milk sold through home delivery and in stores. Mapleline Farm 51 Comins Rd.