Fair Oaks Farms
Fair Oaks, IN

Our Cows, Our Milk, Our Award Winning Cheeses:
Fair Oaks Farms is a real, heartland dairy located in Northwest Indiana just outside of Chicago. In fact, we’re one of the largest family owned dairies in the country. Here, time-honored traditions meet world-class innovations, enabling us to craft the most pure, nutritious and delicious dairy products you’ve ever tasted. Our Award Winning Artisan Cheeses are as good for you as they are delicious; Fair Oaks Farms’ dairy products are produced from the milk of cows NOT treated with any hormones or antibiotics. Fair Oaks Farms is home to 30,000 dairy cows located on 10 separate dairy sites. To grow silage corn and alfalfa to feed these 30,000 cows, it takes approximately 17,000 acres – that is an extraordinary 1.7 Billion square feet or the equivalent of 56,000 football fields. Environmentally sound farming practices are used to protect the soil and water for future generations; and, more than 3,000 acres are set aside to protect the streams and watersheds, and to provide habitat for wildlife. Each of the 30,000 cows is milked three times per day, and more than 80,000 milkings are performed every day, in a 24 hour, 365 day-a-year dairy farm that never shuts down. To care for these cows, a staff of veterinarians, nutritionists, and herdsmen are available 24 hours a day to attend to any cow’s health needs. This highly trained team also cares for an average of 80 calves that are born on Fair Oaks Farms every day. Each of the cows produces almost 10 gallons of milk per day, and in total, Fair Oaks Farms produces enough fluid milk to supply all the citizens of Chicago with milk each.

Sustainable Business Practices:
As we transform our cows’ waste into energy by way of our anaerobic digesters, we reduce our dependency upon natural gas and electricity during the milk and manufacturing process. Our Dairy Barns and Dairy Plants are powered by this cutting edge “poo power.” From single source raw milk collection, no till planting, digesters, windmills and solar panels, Fair Oaks Farms is dedicated to carbon footprint reduction as we engage in sustainable business practices.