I really like Sally’s milk (photo at left is all Sally’s milk), but then I also like Trixie’s, Juliet’s, and Joy’s milk too. What I like most is that each half gallon glass bottle is labeled with the name of the cow that gave the milk. No, wait a minute–that’s not what I like most. Actually, what I really like most is how good the milk tastes–fresh and creamy. Of course, it’s so good for me and my family too. It’s totally unprocessed, unheated, unhomogenized, and farm-fresh healthy.
Bill & Irene Nelson are the owners of the Healthy Way Dairy in Santa Fe, Texas, a small Texas licensed Grade A raw milk dairy farm. The farm has been in the family for many years. As is common on most small dairy farms, they know their cows well. They are reluctant to let anyone else milk them because each cow is different and thrives with the individual handling the Nelsons provide. Their cows are mostly Jerseys and grassfed.
Their dairy farm has lots of milk right now for several reasons. (No, I don’t think that’s Sally in the photo at left.) The Nelsons recently acquired a few more milk cows from a neighbor who was no longer able to take care of his cows. He was glad that the Nelsons could take them because he knew they would treat the cows well. Also, several cows at Healthy Way Dairy have recently given birth to new calves which has increased the milk supply. With the additional cows and the new mothers back into milk production, there’s plenty of fresh milk available at the farm.
For more sources of certified raw dairy in the Houston area, go to the website of the Houston-Galveston chapter of The Weston A. Price Foundation.
For more information about natural, raw milk, go to RealMilk.com.
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This vendor doesn’t appear to have their own website and I am unable to tell the full range of products they offer to the public. Do they ONLY offer raw milk, or do they pasteurize any of it?
I’m looking for a source which is local (Galveston County) but pasteurized. I know this is rare, but I’m one of the unlucky few who was made gravely ill by raw milk (not from this farm – from a farmer I knew personally in another area). I was hospitalized for five days and not expected to live. I know the odds of a repeat food poisoning of that type are rare, but I won’t take the chance. I buy meats from a local farmer but cannot find a local source that also offers pasteurized milk for sale. Thanks.
Hi Alison,
Healthy Way Dairy is a small dairy, and they don’t have a website. They only offer whole raw milk at their farm, no other products. I know of at least two Texas farms (but not in Galveston County) that produce low temperature pasteurized, unhomogenized milk, which is what I think you are looking for. The farms are Texas Daily Harvest (also certified organic), http://www.texasdailyharvest.com/home.php, and Way Back When Dairy, email: waybackwhendairy@yahoo.com. Revival Market, http://revivalmarket.com/, sells Way Back When Dairy milk. Georgia’s Farm to Market store, http://www.georgiasmarket.com/, and Whole Foods stock low temperature pasteurized, unhomogenized milk, but I don’t know what farms supply it.
I’m sorry to hear that you were so sick and can understand your concern. I hope you can locate a source of milk like you want.
For other sources of local raw milk, beef, and produce, go to the website for the Houston-Galveston chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation, http://www.wapf-houston.org.
Carolyn
Yes they do have other products besides raw milk. They have farm eggs and fresh lemons, sour cream and cottage cheese I think !! I go every 2 days to get 3 gals of milk. Starting on the 15th of Dec. 2012 they will be closed on Mondays. The milk is very good !Not only do they put the cows name on the label they out the date it was bottled.
They do sometimes have other products. Their milk, sour cream and buttermilk are super good. However, they don’t always have products other than milk.
Do I call in advance or just show up with some jars?
Healthyway Dairy is low on milk right now. Call ahead to check on the supply – 409 739 2389. You can also check their Facebook page for current milk status.
Their milk is in 1/2 gallon glass jars. There is a one-time deposit for the glass jars. Just return the jars for reuse the next time you pick up milk.
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Hello,
How do I contact Bill and Irene Nelson so that I can purchase some milk? Thanks!
Bill and Irene Nelson can be contacted by email:
cowsplus@verizon.netor by phone 409-739-2389. The dairy is located at 15525 Cedar St., Santa Fe, TX. Their milk is super good. You’ll love it.I have been buying milk for my family (2 adults 3 kids) from Bill & Irene for more than 3 years now. I love the milk, it is delicious, but what I really love is how careful they are in taking care that the milk is clean and untained by foreign substances including horomones and antibiotics. You can go watch and see them milk, look at their facility and make your choice then. If Bill & Irene or the milk itself dont win you over (impossibility) feeding the calves their bottles will.
Yes, I’ve visited their farm. It’s obvious they take good care of their cows and the milking process. Their milk is delicious.
We’ve just been introduced to the awesome milk at Healthy Way Dairy.
Haven’t had milk this pure and good since childhood!
We’ve been twice this week!
I’m glad you like it. I drank some of their delicious fresh milk with my supper and had kefir made with their milk for breakfast this morning.
My family has been drinking Healthy Way Dairy milk for almost two years now and love it. We have watched them during milking and love how they treat their “girls”, the cows. They are wonderful, caring people and we enjoy going once a week to get our fresh milk supply. We are so grateful for their hard work and that they make available the rewards, selling good healthy milk.