Alabama News Center — Blue Ribbon Dairy in Tallassee, Alabama, offers customers more than just fresh milk

By: Amber Sutton

Tucked away in Tallassee is Blue Ribbon Dairy, a family-owned dairy farm that provides its customers with not only milk that’s straight from the cow to the jug in 24 hours, but the chance to see and experience the farm where that milk came from firsthand.

Blue Ribbon Dairy was started nearly seven years ago by Michaela Wilson, a fourth-generation farmer, in the barn her great-grandfather built in 1947. As one of only a handful of dairy farms in the state, Wilson said her family was motivated to launch Blue Ribbon Dairy because they felt there was a need for it in Alabama.

“In Alabama, the dairy industry is almost null and void,” Wilson said. “There’s 13 licensed dairies in the state of Alabama. If you’re going to be a commercial dairy farmer, you typically send your milk to a milk co-op or a big processor, and there are none in Alabama, so as a small dairy farmer, we knew that if we wanted to start milking cows again, we would have to bottle our own milk and sell it directly to the consumer.”

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