Five Biggest Advantages to Buying Local Dairy
Buying local gives you and your community many benefits, including keeping money in the community and having fresher products. Before 1980 or so, it was common to have a local dairy company deliver milk to your door, whether you chose to get local milkman delivery daily, a couple of times per week, or weekly. The Modern Milkman is bringing that tradition back so you can have fresh milk and other baked and dairy goods delivered weekly. Wondering the other benefits of buying local dairy? Let’s take a look!
Keeps More of Your Dollar in the Community
More of your dollars get reinvested in the community when you buy from local dairy farmers and other local retailers. For example, much of the money is reinvested in agriculture. Additionally, when you purchase food and dairy from grocery stores, as little as 10 percent of every dollar you spend goes back into the local economy.
Finally, when you buy local, you support local farmers. Buying directly from local farms helps keep them in business – plus, you get fresh milk and dairy products, and what’s better than that? When you buy dairy from The Modern Milkman, you also support other local farms as we partner with them for cheese, butter, eggs, baked goods, and more.
Reduces the Carbon Footprint
Did you know that most food travels about 1,500 miles from the farm to your table, which requires about 11 billion gallons of fuel each year? But, at The Modern Milkman, because we pasteurize the milk right on-site, our milk does not have to be shipped to another city or state for processing. Therefore, not only will you get your milk within 24 hours of our cows being milked, but you are also helping reduce the carbon footprint since our trucks do not have to go far to get to the processing plant.
Fresher Products
When we milk the cows at The Modern Milkman, the milk goes right to the processing plant for pasteurization and bottling. Then, within 24-hours of milking, it goes straight to your doorstep – guaranteed freshness in every bottle.
We also partner with other farms to bring you fresh foods such as butter, eggs, cheese, and baked goods. Our selection is unique because we’ve picked local companies that believe in the quality of freshness just as much as we do.
Additionally, when you choose local products, you can trust they haven’t been sitting around in storage or trucks. Because local dairy and products are typically processed within 24 hours, they keep their nutrients for fresher products, unlike items purchased from the grocery store. We promise you’ll notice the difference in taste when you try our delivered fresh milk products!
Preserves Open Space
Dairy farms in New England represent about half of the farmland in the area. So, keeping local farms profitable is beneficial to everyone in the community.
One of the most important factors of buying local dairy is that you help keep farmers in business and preserve open spaces. For example, suppose a farmer cannot make a living. In that case, they will sell their property, and developers will turn it into apartment complexes, gated neighborhoods, retail spaces, and even neighborhoods with cookie-cutter houses stacked on top of one another.
Additionally, when you have open farmland with fewer houses, you have less traffic, which also benefits the local community. You can enjoy the quiet and not have to breathe the exhaust of hundreds or thousands of vehicles going by every day.
Local Job Creation
Farm-to-table products, including local milk delivery, not only provides you with fresh foods but create jobs as well. A farm is simply not a one-person operation, so it’s essential to hire people who live in the community to help.
At The Modern Milkman, we not only have a lot of cows to take care of, but we also grow all the food our herd needs. Even though we have tractors and other equipment to make it easier, they don’t drive themselves. We need and appreciate our employees because our operation would not be the quality operation it is without them.
Buy Local From The Modern Milkman
Ready to give back to your community while getting the freshest products around? At The Modern Milkman, you can choose your subscription and the number of products you want to be delivered to your door every week. From fresh milk, dairy, and other foods, you can help keep local farmers in business, the local economy, and reduce the carbon footprint.