Raw Goat Milk Dairy

As a micro dairy, we focus on artisanal quality raw milk and work directly with consumers who value the nutritional benefits raw milk provides for their families. Premium quality raw milk also enables our herd share members to produce top quality diary products such as cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. The difference in taste is something that’s hard to describe and has to be experienced.

We love having interested people visit to check out the herd and meet us! We encourage all our prospective herd share members to come out to the ranch before deciding to join.

Herd Share Program

Getting access to raw milk in Colorado requires a Herd Share. Basically, you will need to purchase a small ownership percentage in our herd, which will allow you to drink the milk it produces. Instead of directly purchasing milk, you pay a weekly fee to us to care for the animals and produce the milk.

+ More about why herd share is required for raw milk

Pursuant to Colorado law (CRS25-5.5-117), individuals can only consume raw/unpasteurized milk if they are owners of the animals producing it. So, in order for Black Barn Hollow to distribute raw milk, individuals and families must become members of our herd share program. The Bill of Sale and Boarding Agreements (required contracts) allow you to own a portion of our herd and agree to board that portion of the herd at Black Barn Hollow, where we will milk the goats for you and provide you with fresh, raw goats milk.

Some of the terms you will see in our herd share agreement or on our website reflect these laws – for example we charge a “boarding fee” instead of a sale price since we aren’t able to legally sell raw milk.

Raw milk distribution in Colorado is legal with a herd share and is regulated by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “Raw milk” is milk that has not been pasteurized, i.e. heated to a certain temperature for a certain amount of time for the purpose of sterilization. Pasteurization kills any bad bacteria in the milk– but it also denatures milk proteins and enzymes and kills all the naturally occurring probiotics (healthy bacteria) in the milk.

Pasteurization of milk was required by law starting in the 1920s, under the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, when dairy farms began expanding their operations and commercial farmers and milk distributors had trouble with sanitation and maintaining health standards. Black Barn Hollow is not a factory farm. We are a small farm, milking only a few goats at a time, and working with local, informed customers like you. Keeping our herd small allows us to keep our milk clean, our animals healthy, and our food safety standards high. We test our raw milk frequently and promote safe storage and transportation practices.

How it works

Sign up

You can sign up in person by visiting our farm, or you can sign up through email and digitally sign the required contracts.

Choose subscription type

You can pay up front for the season, or choose a weekly recurring payment.

Choose pickup day

You choose your pickup day and that reserves ½ gallon of milk (per share) produced that day! We require pickup reservations because we want you to receive the freshest possible milk, ideally the same day we harvest it from the goats.

Milk Pickup

Pickups are at Black Barn Hollow: 3776 Woods Rd, Sedalia, CO

Pickup Hours:

Monday – Thursday 10am – 7pm
Friday 10am – 4pm
Saturday – Sunday 9am – 2pm

When picking up your milk you will need to return your rinsed bottle(s) and lid(s): in order to provide our members with fresh milk in sanitized bottles we need these returned each time you pick up milk.

You can pick up your milk anytime on your reserved day. If you can’t make it for some reason, we will hold the order until the next day for you to pick it up. We understand things come up, so any fresh milk not picked up by the second day will be frozen and can be picked up the following week. Please reach out if you have special circumstances so we can work something out.

If you don’t want the frozen milk or are unable to pick it up within 2 weeks, it will be donated back to the herd (e.g. used for baby feeding, raw milk products, or added to our frozen milk supply made available to all herd share members).

Herd Share Costs

To get started you will need to sign up with us, which requires purchasing a herd share, choosing your subscription and reserving your weekly pickup day. You will also have access to our online store (coming soon) and be able to reserve additional products as inventory is available. These items can be picked up at the same time as your regular pickup. The related costs are outlined below.

Herd Share Membership

As a member, you will be entitled to receive a share of the milk produced by the herd. There is a one-time, $35.00 charge per share, which provides approximately ½ gallon* of milk per week throughout the milking season. Milking season is approximately 9 months long and generally lasts from March through November.

If you would like to receive more milk, additional shares can be purchased for $35 each.

*Since you are purchasing an Ownership interest in the herd, and not a specific quantity of milk, the above is our best estimate of what a particular portion of our herd will provide. There may be more or less milk available based on the herd production in a given week.

Boarding Fees

Because selling raw milk in Colorado is illegal, we never sell milk. Instead you pay a Boarding Fee to board your portion of the herd with us and we provide a milking service for you in exchange. The boarding fee is calculated per share.

You can pay this fee upfront, or we can set up a recurring weekly payment.

Season Subscription: $495 paid once for 38 weeks of milk (prorated for members joining later as shares are available)

Pay a one-time fee of $495 upfront and save ~13% versus paying weekly.

Weekly Subscription: $15 weekly recurring payment

With a Weekly Subscription we will set up a recurring payment each week through the end of the season.

Annual Management Fee / Renewal

For each herd share Member there is an annual fee of $40 to participate in the milk subscriptions and gain access to extra milk or other product inventory.

The Annual Management Fee allows us to meet the increasing costs for day-to-day farm operations and some of the costs associated with herd management and running the herd share program.

We will send out notices for renewal starting in January, before the milking season starts, so we know how much milk we will have available for new members.