Oakridge Dairy

Welcome to Oakridge Dairy, where happy cows make great milk! We are the largest dairy farm in the North East, located in Ellington, CT. We think if you know your farms, you know your food! That is why we believe in transparency and we invite our friends and community to come and see it for yourself. Our mission is to build a better future for families by producing safe and healthy food while delivering value to our employees, owners, and community. Our vision is to be the farm of the future in a world where people know their farmers. 

It all started over 100 years ago with the Adolph Bahler family. Our family was one of many small farms scattered across New England raising not only dairy cows but also growing tobacco and potatoes as cash crops. Through the decades dairy became our passion and while time moved on and other dairy farms closed their doors, we pushed forward. Through that process we learned one thing; quality does not happen by chance; it’s done on purpose. In 2016 we decided to take things to the next level by building our current facility that is 318,000 sq. ft. We built this with three things in mind: first and foremost the comfort of our cows and efficiency & sustainability. The integrity of our farm and milk has been our priority from the beginning.

At Oakridge Dairy there’s more to do than just milking cows. From birthing calves raised to adulthood, to managing our land yielding crops to feed our herd. Each hard working division focuses on their area of expertise to achieve our goal together. While the milking division is tasked with milking thousands of cows, day after day after day, the chores of all other divisions vary greatly from season to season. There’s land to tend, crops to plant, calves to birth, fertilizer to spread, young to raise, and finally crops to harvest.