Strafford Organic Creamery [Stuck in Vermont 691]

Strafford Organic Creamery [Stuck in Vermont 691]
In his lifetime, Earl Ransom has seen dairy farms disappear in his hometown of Strafford. When he was growing up, milking cows at his family’s Rockbottom Farm, there were 24 dairy farms in town. Now his second-generation family farm is the last one that remains.
The hilly 600-acre farm has majestic views, lush pastures and about 80 mostly Guernsey cows. Earl runs the farm with his wife, Amy Huyffer, and their four sons. Amy moved to the state to attend Vermont Law and Graduate School. The couple met in 1999 and two weeks later decided to marry. In 2001 they began bottling their own milk in glass bottles and named their business Strafford Organic Creamery.
The cows have names like Larkspur and Pomegranate, and they spend 22 hours on pasture, getting milked twice a day. The couple’s second eldest son, Jackson Ransom, recently graduated with a degree in dairy farm management, and he hopes to take over the farm one day. The family is in the middle of the busy haying season, and is working 14-hour days.
Eva visited the farm on a Thursday afternoon to watch the bottling process, walk home with the cows from pasture for a milking, and to talk to the family about farm life.
Music: The Great North Sound Society, “Pink Sunrise”
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Filming date: 5/25/23
This episode of Stuck in Vermont was supported by New England Federal Credit Union.
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[@RWPeninsula]

Eva did it again, such great videos and storytelling. What people don't realize is how much dairy farming is also a caretaker of a cultural landscape

[@kathygorman7472]

We get our Strafford milk and ice cream at the Coop. Love the Ginger ice cream when it is available! Thank you to the Ransom family.

[@andreac.6164]

Love my local milk and dairy farmers at Mount Hunger dairy.

[@cauthoncrazy]

I love this episode and watching it once again!

[@gyandevi3361]

Heaven on Earth -- a great description of their ice cream! How wonderful to see how well they take care of their cows. It definitely shows up in the high quality of all their products. Every time I eat a pint of their Guernsey Cream (my favorite), I will picture Larkspur and Pomegranate.

[@SuperFourwinns]

I just run into your channel. It is excellent. I really love what you are doing. I live in Idaho so all of the dairy operations are very large and bulk milk systems. I am going to subscribe and look forward to your video's. In fact I will probably go back and watch all of your past video's.

[@Amy-tl2xe]

We love Strafford Organic Creamery so, so much. We would never dream of buying any other milk or ice cream. We wish you many years of success as the farm passes on to the next generation. We are full of admiration for your work ethic and care of your cows. Wishing you the very, very best.

[@mirandaclemson9740]

The coffee ice cream is the best I've ever had.

[@StuckinVermont]

Love coffee and their strawberry too. Add in some fresh strawberries and it is divine.

[@sperolatchis6577]

this is the best ice cream in the world!!!

[@StuckinVermont]

Agree! :)

[@MaxPowersHedgehog]

Thank you StuckinVermont! Love this episode! I am a huge fan along with my friends and family of the Organic Ice Cream from here! Go Strafford Organic Creamery! Way to go Eva, this is my favorite episode of yours now 🙂(this is an edit from my original comment since I re-watched it)

[@NKOTBsince1987]

So clean. Amazing

[@Tomturkey]

awesome!

[@Time4aKiss]

Talk about Lyme Disease & deer tics in VT. Teach us how to stay safe.

[@meynardmowat1105]

I will be up this week to be stuck in VT for 11 days. ❤ is this ice cream available in Burlington area?

[@StuckinVermont]

Great, have a good trip. You can buy their ice cream at the co-op. Enjoy!