Minimally processed, safe, fresh milk.
Farm Life Creamery is proud to be the only small, on-farm, Grade A licensed bottling plant in South Dakota. Fresh Grade A milk sourced from a South Dakota dairy is gently vat pasteurized—low and slow—right here at Farm Life Creamery. We don’t homogenize, so the cream naturally rises to the top. Just give it a shake and enjoy!
Our small-batch approach keeps things simple: fresh local milk, minimal processing, and the rich, creamy flavor our customers have come to love.
Farm Life Creamery milk is available at our Mitchell location inside County Fair Food Store and at select local retailers throughout South Dakota. Availability may vary because we bottle in small batches.
Nonhomogenized = Cream Rises!
At Farm Life Creamery, we bottle traditional cream-line milk. It’s gently vat pasteurized for safety, but never homogenized, so the cream naturally rises to the top.
Homogenization uses high pressure to break milk’s fat globules into much smaller particles, keeping the cream evenly distributed throughout the milk. We skip that step and let the milk do what it naturally does—the cream rises!
Just give your bottle a good shake before pouring to mix all that cream back in.
We keep our ingredients simple, too. Our chocolate milk is made with just milk, cocoa and sugar—no artificial thickeners or stabilizers. Because we don’t add anything to keep the cocoa suspended, you’ll see some chocolate naturally settle at the bottom.
The cream rises. The cocoa settles. Just shake it up and enjoy!
Simple ingredients. Minimal processing. Really good milk.
Pasteurized Low and Slow.
How milk is processed matters.
At Farm Life Creamery, milk is pasteurized in small batches using the traditional vat method of 145°F for 30 minutes. It's a slower process, but that's exactly the point.
Farm Life Creamery is built around the idea that good milk doesn't need to be complicated or overly processed. The great local ingredient is handled with care and remains as close to its original character as possible while producing a safe, pasteurized product.
No homogenization. No ultra-high-temperature processing.
Just really good milk, handled carefully and bottled right here at Farm Life Creamery.
Small Batch. Bottled by Hand.
Small-batch processing is at the heart of what we do at Farm Life Creamery. Our Grade A licensed facility uses a small, single-head bottler, which means every bottle is filled one at a time. We bottle smaller quantities more frequently, allowing us to pay close attention to every batch and keep fresh milk moving from our creamery to your refrigerator.
Each bottle carries a 10-day sell-by date. That date helps our retailers manage inventory and get our milk into your hands while it’s fresh. Always keep Farm Life milk properly refrigerated and follow safe food-handling practices once you bring it home.
We intentionally do not ultra-pasteurize our milk simply to create an extended shelf life. Instead, we use traditional vat pasteurization—145°F for 30 minutes—and bottle in small batches.
Whole Milk. That's It.
We offer Grade A whole milk rather than separating it into 2%, 1% or skim. And because we don't homogenize it, we don't force the cream to stay mixed throughout the bottle. It naturally rises to the top.
Whole. Cream-line. Vat pasteurized. Non-homogenized. A simple approach to milk.
Local Milk. A New Chapter.
For many years, Farm Life Creamery’s story was closely connected to the Blase Family and their Registered Holstein herd, located just three miles from the creamery. Their family dairy supplied the milk that helped Farm Life Creamery grow from an idea into the cheesemaking and Grade A bottling facility it is today.
Following the May 2026 fire that destroyed their milking facility, the Blase's made the difficult decision to retire from dairy farming.
Today, Farm Life Creamery sources fresh Grade A milk from another local South Dakota dairy. The source may have changed, but what happens once that milk reaches the creamery has not.
We continue to process in small batches, vat pasteurize low and slow at 145°F for 30 minutes, leave our milk non-homogenized, and personally bottle it right here at Farm Life Creamery.
We're grateful for the Blase family's role in our history—and equally grateful to have found another South Dakota dairy that allows Farm Life Creamery to keep doing what we do.
New source. Same Farm Life process.
