Dairy Farms & Creameries in Tennessee

Cream of the Crop Dairy

Union City, TN

Cream of the Crop Dairy sits on East Highway 22 near Union City and, despite the name, runs mainly as a pick-your-own produce farm. Depending on the season, it offers apples, pears, and blackberries along with tomatoes, peppers, green beans, and purple-hull peas. The farm also makes and sells goat's-milk soaps. Picking hours shift with each crop, so call ahead at 731-599-9567 to check what is ready before driving out to the farm.

Flowers Creamery

Ethridge, TN

Our world class 6000 sqft small batch artisan cheese and non homogenized traditional whole milk production facility sits on our small family owned dairy south of Nashville in Middle Tennessee. We are certified humane, win awards for our sustainability practices, and offer all natural gourmet products while utilizing cutting edge technologies and procedures.

Glory 7 Farm and Ranch

Lexington, TN

Glory 7 Farm & Ranch is a small family regenerative ranching operation in Lexington, Tennessee raising grass-fed and finished beef and grass-fed milk from South Poll and Dutch Belted cattle, with various seasonal products depending on availability — a community-supported operation through and through.

Hatcher Family Dairy

Hatcher Family Dairy has been worked by six generations of Hatchers in College Grove since 1831, and since 2007 has bottled its own milk in an on-farm creamery. The dairy store at 6561 Arno Road sells whole cream-line milk, its well-known Brownie's Best chocolate milk, ice cream, butter, beef, and bread, and supplies over 90 Middle Tennessee vendors. Robotic milkers installed in 2024 run behind a public viewing area. Call (615) 368-3405.

MooFest Dairy Festival

Athens, TN

MooFest is a dairy festival in downtown Athens, the McMinn County seat long tied to Tennessee's dairy industry and home to Mayfield Dairy. The street festival celebrates that heritage with the community. Its 2026 date and full lineup weren't confirmed online.

Ottinger's Dairy and Pumpkin Patch

Parrottsville, TN

Ottinger's Dairy and Pumpkin Patch runs a working dairy alongside a fall pumpkin patch on Ottinger Road in Parrottsville, in Cocke County east of Newport. No public website turned up in a search, so contact the farm directly or check local listings for pumpkin-season hours, which typically fall in October.

Pure Pasture Farms

Springfield, TN

Pure Pasture Farms is a Middle Tennessee family farm in Springfield trusted by 2,500+ families for pasture-raised chicken, 100% grass-fed beef and lamb, forest-finished pork, farm eggs, dairy, and wild-caught Alaska seafood — packed frozen and delivered free on $159+ orders. Curated boxes like the Pasture Essentials Box, freezer stock-ups, and a flexible Subscribe & Save program keep freezers full week after week.

Sequatchie Cove Creamery

Sequatchie, TN

Once upon a time, an artist and a horticulturalist fell in love and started making cheese in the place with the most caves on the continent. Since 2010 Nathan and Padgett Arnold have used time-tested methods to conjure the terroir of the Sequatchie Valley, collaborating with cute cows and the living landscape to make cheeses worth sharing. On their journey of discovery, they’ve developed expressive cheese styles inspired by the Sequatchie Valley and the Cumberland Plateau. It all started with a

Taylor Family Farm

Ethridge, TN

Taylor Family Farm in Ethridge, in middle Tennessee, raises 100% non-GMO grass-fed beef, pastured chicken, pork, and eggs — with all ration-fed animals eating non-GMO feed milled right on the farm, which also sells by the bag and barrel. Shop the farm store Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday mornings, order online, or use drop locations in Columbia, Spring Hill, and Franklin, with the Farmer Johnny Show on YouTube offering a front-row seat to it all.

Whispering Willows Farm and Dairy

Whispering Willows Farm and Dairy runs a cow- and goat-milk herdshare at 4705 Bennett Hollow Road in Thompson's Station, milking A2/A2 Dexters, Jerseys, and Nubian goats for raw milk, yogurt, and raw cheeses. The family farmstead also raises Katahdin sheep, meat goats, rabbits, and chickens, with guardian dogs on watch. They welcome visitors and arrange farm tours by request. Call 615-730-0324 to join a herdshare or ask questions.