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CREAMBROOK FARM BLOG

The Raw Adventure

Welcome! Follow along for raw milk recipes, inspiration, & farm life on our grass-based Jersey cow dairy in Virginia. I’m Kristen: wife to Ben, mama to five adventurous boys, and farmer-cook-fill-in-wherever-needed on the farm. :) Thanks for stopping by!

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Delicious Berry Muffin Recipe

This recipe is a family favorite! The boys love to eat them warm served with butter. A dozen muffins goes FAST around here!

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Our Favorite Breakfasts

As our family routines shift from full summer days to the rhythm of back to school, I am finding myself writing lists for our go-to breakfasts. 

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Spreading Compost

On Friday, a fellow farmer brought his equipment and manure spreader to spread composted manure onto the fields.

It took most of the day, as it was a big compost pile we had been building, and it felt great to see what some call “waste” that we view as nutrients being added to the soil life on our farm!

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Raw Milk FAQ’s

New to raw milk? Here are the top FAQ's! 

 Q. What does raw milk taste like?

A. Creambrook's high quality, wholesome raw milk is sweet and creamy.  We work very hard to keep the cows on pastures and forages that make delicious milk and has consistently amazing flavor. No onions for the cows to get into here ;) And each farm's raw milk has a unique flavor! 

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Bringing in the Harvest

This was our biggest harvest yet, at 80 acres of chopped feed. Why does this matter to us? As a grass-based raw milk dairy, we pour hours and research and implementation into feeding our cows the best nutrition possible. 

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What Makes Creambrook Raw Milk Different

It all begins with the humble dairy cow.

She takes green grass grown by the sun’s warmth and plentiful rains and turns it into one of nature’s most nutrient-dense foods.

Raw Milk, often touted as a superfood, is quickly gaining momentum in kitchens across the nation — but what exactly is in a cup of raw milk? Let’s dive in.

At Creambrook, we sent our winter raw milk to be tested at a nutritional lab and were thrilled to see the results confirmed of what we have known for years.

There are significant differences in raw milk versus its pasteurized milk counterparts — it’s not just at the macro-level.

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