First of all...just in case you are wondering...I am trying to stay current on the blog plus go backwards and get all caught up at the same time. So...if you see some old and some new over the next few weeks that is why (or at least that is my plan...we will see if I can actually put the plan in action!!)
Last Friday our next door neighbor, Amy, invited us to go to Shatto Dairy Farm up north of Kansas City. If you haven't seen or heard about Shatto Milk yet I suggest you go to the nearest Whole Foods, Hye-Vee or Price Chopper and get some right away. I first heard about Shatto Milk a few years ago at a bridal shower. Several of the girls were just raving about it. I don't like milk, and I never drink milk, but I was curious!! How could milk be so good? A few months later I saw the iconic Shatto Milk GLASS bottles in our neighborhood Price Chopper and just had to give it a try. We got chocolate and let me tell you...it was like having dessert in a cup! They also have flavors like banana, root beer, orange cream and strawberry, along with regular 2% and skim milk as well! So, when Amy asked if we wanted to go tour the Shatto Dairy Farm I just knew we had to go!! We invited our mom's along to share in the fun! It was a fun and fabulous day, and something I would highly recommend to anyone interested!
Gam and Hadley in the country store before our tour! (FYI...the farm is further away than the map on their website really depicts, so if you plan to visit make sure you leave plenty of time to get there before your tour!)
Hadley and Cooper before the tour. They gave us these cute Shatto Milk Company hats to wear, plus we got to taste all of the milk flavors before our tour started!
Could Corinne look any cuter in her hat!! Seville wouldn't wear hers!
I like this cute little face too!
We got there late and thankfully another group did too. It really was a blessing in disguise because we ended up having a really small tour group and Leroy Shatto got to be our tour guide!! So neat!
This is where the magic happens!
They showed us exactly how they bottle the milk!
Here is Leroy showing us how the caps go on!
Then they take the bottles off the line and put them straight into the crates for delivery to the stores. Fresh as fresh can be!
Hadley and Coop in front of the bottling machine!
How neat to get a picture with the owner! He was such a nice guy, and you could totally tell how much he loves his job and sharing it with others...especially children!!
The Grandmas and the babies!
This is the machine they load the empty bottles into before they go on the line.
After we got home that night Scott asked me how big the place was. I think we were all surprised to learn that it isn't very large (but they are planning to expand!) This is the room where most everything happens except milking the cows.
This is where they milk the cows. They get milked twice a day. The lady in this picture gets there every morning at 3:00 a.m. WOW!!!
Here she is "hooking up" a cow!
Christie, Amy and Corrine watching!
The kids got to put their thumbs in the "milker" to see what it felt like!
Here is Pat...the "Root Beer Cow" as Leroy called him!!
They had a barn will all the baby calves. Probably ten or more calves have been born this month!
I love this look on Gam's face when she was milking the cow!
She actually got the milk to come out!
Cooper did too!
Hadley didn't feel like trying this part of the tour! :)
One of the newest babies!
OREO!!
Looking into the calf barn!
Seville just had to climb up the gate! No surprise there!
Our gang in front of the Shatto Milk Company truck! The horn moos instead of honking!
After our tour we had a picnic!
Gam and Seville relaxing in the swing outside the Country Store!
So cute!
We completed our tour with the purchase of root beer, banana and strawberry milk as well as cheddar cheese and dill cheese curds...none of which are lasting long around our house!! It was a great day, and I can't wait to go back in a few more years when the girls will get even more out of it!! It is so nice to see a local farmer have such a successful business that people are really interested in supporting and learning more about!
Have a great week!
XOXOX
2 comments:
We had so much fun! Cooper wants a steady stream of Root Beer Milk pumping into his veins. It was the coolest place to visit. WE had a blast with you! Thanks for the pictures! Amy
I had so much fun. It brought back so many memories of growing up on a dairy farm. Great pictures!
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