Cedar Cove Farm is an Amish family dairy in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania. We raise 100% A2A2 cows, feed them well, and ship real raw dairy straight to your door. We've been doing this our whole lives. We plan to keep doing it.

John Stoltzfus and his wife Barbara started Cedar Cove Farm in 2016 at their home in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania. John grew up on a dairy farm and has drank raw milk his whole life. 

For as long as John can remember, he's been a farmer. His dad and his grandfather were both farmers, and he followed in their footsteps. He always liked milking cows. He believes there's no better way to live than tending animals, growing food, and raising your family on a farm.

They started with one cow and one customer. Once that first customer tasted the milk, she spread the word. It wasn't long before more and more people wanted milk. That one cow grew into a small home herd of 19 cows. At that point, they needed more space. So, in 2021 John rented a farm down the road.

Today, the farm in Peach Bottom is home to a herd of 65 cows (and most of them are milking). John, Barbara, their 9 children, and dozens of grandchildren all lend a hand as needed. It's a family business. They believe the best food comes from people who take it seriously and work with love.

Why A2A2?

A couple years before they got started, John heard rumors in his community about the A2A2 thing. Then, he started learning more. As it turns out, all cows used to be A2A2. And, the milk they produce is more digestible and works best for most. The more he learned, the more it made sense.

He started testing his cows and talking to customers about this. He found a customer who a child who couldn't tolerate any milk. John offered to have her try some of his A2A2 milk. And, gee, it worked! That child was now guzzling 4 cups a day with no issues.

So John made a decision that most dairies don't bother with: he rebuilt the herd from the ground up. Every cow at Cedar Cove is genetically tested and carries the A2A2 protein genetics. Not most of them. All of them. It takes longer and costs more. But it means the milk is gentler on digestion and truer to what milk was before modern breeding changed it. For families who have struggled with conventional dairy for years, that difference is real.

Why we started shipping

For a long time, Cedar Cove dairy was available locally. Word spread through the community, and our milk became known in the greater Lancaster County area.

Then customers started asking: can you ship? They were in Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, California. They wanted A2A2 raw dairy they could trust and couldn't find it near home.

So John figured it out. Today Cedar Cove ships to all 48 contiguous states, packed cold in insulated sustainable packaging, delivered by UPS or FedEx on a weekly schedule. The milk that arrives at your door is the same milk that leaves our barn. Nothing added, nothing removed, nothing changed.