We believe, simply, that animals raised on pasture thrive and in turn provide a healthier product for us. The verdant hills and meandering valleys of Upstate New York provides the perfect climate for our pastures and cows. Using high quality milk from these grass fed cattle, our products are made in small batches daily.
How Kriemhild came to be...
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Kriemhild Dairy is intimately connected with Red Gate farm, one of our sole grass fed milk suppliers. Farmer Bruce Rivington owns Kriemhild, and operates Red Gate Farm .
When the Rivington Family moved from their dairy farm in Ontario, Canada to New York, they were on a clear-cut mission: to graze. The Rivingtons wanted to increase the amount their cows could graze, and ultimately switch to seasonal dairying for human and herd wellbeing. In 2000, the Rivington Family purchased Red Gate Farm in Hamilton, right down the road from the creamery. 
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Nearly 10 years later, with the help of the Madison County AED Specialist, Kriemhild Dairy was formed as a partnership with the Rivingtons and three other local farm families. In 2012 the other three families left the partnership to pursue other goals and Rivingtons took over sole ownership. The Kriemhild name originates from the original herd of Holstein-Friesian cattle, imported from Germany by Gerrit Smith Miller. These animals became the foundation of the Holstein-Friesian breed in the United States and was located in Peterboro, NY. Gerrit Smith Miller was the grandson of noted abolitionist Gerrit Miller. For those interested in learning more about the breed’s history, we recommend The Cradle of the Breed by Milton Sernett.
Originally we worked with two different co-packers here in Central New York to package butter until our own plant was established in late 2019. Currently, all of our butter is made and packaged in our creamery in Hamilton NY. If you have any questions or would like to know more about grazing and our operations, feel free to contact us. |
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