We would like to inform you of a temporary change in our milk delivery schedule due to a seasonal slowdown in milk production at Ocheese Farm.

For the months of July, August, and September, milk deliveries will occur once a month on the following dates:

 

Bonita Farm Store PU will be on:

July 17

August 14

September 11

 

Felda Farm Store PU will be on:

July 20

August 17

September 14

 

Depending on how production picks up by September, we hope to return to our regular twice-a-month delivery schedule. Please plan your orders accordingly.

 

 Note that if you place an order after the deadline for a given month, you will need to wait until the next available pick-up day.

 

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this period. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

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ORDER DEADLINE FOR OUR NEXT DELIVERY is 12 NOON the FRIDAY before the week of delivery.  If you want it, please order it.

There will only occasionally be 'extra' available at the store and there is no guarantee and we can't hold it for you. 

It would be on a first come / first serve basis. 

NOTE: ALL Pick Up of Dairy will be:

BONITA FARM STORE is on Wednesday

FELDA FARM STORE is on Saturdays (Summer Hours)

SHIPPING of Dairy is on Wednesday, you should have it delivered on Thursday 

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Pre-Order & Pre-Pay REQUIRED for ALL Dairy Orders via our website ONLY.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION to which FARM STORE you are PICKING IT UP FROM, because you are going to order specifically for that location pick up.  

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION if you are having it SHIPPED to you!

• The weight & shipping / packaging will function just as our meats do - your dairy products will be shipped with DRY ICE to ensure food safety. 
• That means that the milk and other products may partially or completely freeze on their way to you. 
• I have frozen and thawed the milk that we use here on farm before as a test. There was no indication of quality decrease doing this and there was no flavor impact that were identified upon sampling to ensure that this process is / was successful.

We are NOT guarantying that your products will get to you completely thawed / in liquid form, partially frozen or even completely frozen.  Our primary responsibility is to get it to you food safe - just want to make sure that you know this up front. 

The dairy deliveries are every other week… this is a rare opportunity, as access to real raw dairy is limited and true quality and consistency is hard to find.

DEADLINE is Friday NOON the week before the delivery is made.  You order by Friday NOON, Pick Up is the next Wednesday or Thursday depending on where you are picking up for products.

NO IN-STORE ORDERS will be taken, so that there is a reduced chance of someone's order being missed in communication and time frames between the stores and the farm for placing the big order for everyone.

This will keep all paper trails nice and clean and provide us with an easy way to know who ordered what and how many of each item was ordered, as we are required to pre-order for every delivery date to ensure that we get you what you are wanting.

• We are only allotted a certain amount of each product based upon production amounts for each delivery.

PICK UP – SAME week as delivery

• Bonita Farm Store Dairy Pick Up: Wednesdays after 12 PM PLEASE PLEASE Pick Up your order by FRIDAY at the latest, we have limited refrigerator space in Bonita, thanks! 

• Felda Farm Store Dairy Pick Up: Saturdays after 9 AM PLEASE PLEASE Pick Up your order by Saturdays. Felda Farm Store is now open ONLY Saturdays for the summer 9AM to 3PM. 

SHIPPING of RAW DAIRY:

• You place your order on the website by Friday NOON.
• We ship your order out the following Wednesday for a Thursday Delivery day.  Since you are in Florida with us, it should be next day, unless you are in the pan handle that is 2 days from us via ground shipping or there is a random delay, then it might be to you Friday, but that doesn't happen a lot.

The RAW Dairy that we are offering is coming from Ocheesee Creamery. 

They are a small, three-generation dairy located in Grand Ridge, Florida.  They are a pasture raised dairy.

They are licensed to sell their dairy here IN FLORIDA ONLY. 

There will be NO out of state shipping of raw dairy products,

NO EXCEPTIONS!  If you put raw dairy in your cart, it will be refunded and NOT shipped. Please don't add to your cart if you don't live in Florida, it just takes up time refunding and causes lost time for us here on the farm. Thanks for understanding.  They are not our rules, but we are required to follow them.  

ALL RAW Dairy products being offered will be labeled for "Pet Consumption Only," as per Florida Statute 502.091(1) requirement.  What you do with it, is totally up to you.

If you would like to know specifics on the raw dairy offerings, please check out their FB page.  They don't have a website, they use FB.

BREED: Their jersey cows are 100% pasture raised and are/receive a traditional mixed grain supplement while they are being milked to ensure that they have the necessary calorie consumption in order to remain healthy and in milk production without the stress of nutritional needs being met.

FEED: They feed a variety of grains, including corn, citrus pulp, cottonseed, soybean, salt, dairy vitamin mix, kelp and molasses.  Their feed is not non-gmo and is not organic.  This is the same feed blend that they have been feeding for over 30 years successfully to their cows.

VACCINE USED:  They administer the Triangle 10 vaccine to their cows when not 'in milk' so there is nothing administered while they are being milked, it is administered during their non milking months of rest period.

What does Triangle 10 vaccine cover?

Triangle® 10 HB is a bovine combination vaccine for use in healthy cattle as an aid in the prevention of disease caused by infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), bovine virus diarrhea (BVD Types 1 and 2), parainfluenza 3 (PI3), bovine respiratory syncytial (BRSV) viruses and Leptospira pomona, L. hardjo, L.

Specific product info:

SHELF LIFE: The milk, in my experience, has a 2-3 week shelf life, as long as it is stored under refrigeration properly.

CHOCOLATE MILK: The Chocolate Milk offering uses a quality cocoa that contains sugar.

YOGURT: Drinkable consistency

COTTAGE CHEESE: Made from skim milk

INFO FROM THE FLORIDA STATUE: The Florida Department of Agriculture permits the sale of Raw Milk and Raw Milk Products for Pet Consumption Only, even though there is no state law that covers this issue. The state permits raw milk sales for animal consumption either on the farm or in retail stores.