Traders Point Creamery is a family owned artisan dairy farm located in Zionsville, Indiana. We started making dairy products, selling direct to customers, and delivering in the central Indiana region in the summer of 2003. Our herd of Brown Swiss spend all of their time on pastures and we milk 60 to 90 cows each day throughout the year. We also purchase milk from a sister farm in Southern Indiana. Both farms are Certified Organic by the USDA. We never use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides on our land and our cows never receive antibiotics or synthetic hormones. We produce pure, fresh, creamline whole milk, chocolate milk, plain and fruit yogurts. Our cheese offerings include Fromage Blanc, Fromage Blanc spicy, Fromage Blanc garden herb, cottage cheese, and our raw milk natural rind aged cheese “Fleur de la Terre”. Our whole milk and Fleur de la Terre cheese are made exclusively from our 100% grass-fed herd. We believe in “nourishing the land that nourishes us all.” This means preserving the family farm and continuing our grandparents’ legacy of sensible, sustainable, low-input agriculture.

Our Creamery is putting out products unlike any other in the country. The explanation for this is the talented people on our team that carry out our mission.

The knowledge and dedication required to produce 100% grass-fed whole milk comes from our farm team. The farm team nurtures the land through careful implementation of the rotation farming system that is a common practice in other parts of the world. The result is exceptionally fertile, well-nourished soil wherein grows a precisely selected blend of grasses, herbs and flowers. This keeps the herd outdoors, happy, healthy, and producing organic, grass-fed milk high in the proteins and naturally occurring healthy fats like Omega 3, CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), and nutrients necessary to make top quality, delicious and healthful products. The farm team here ensure year-round, outstanding nutrition for the herd, which makes us the only Creamery in the country to provide 100% grass-fed whole milk in a bottle – along with all the outstanding health benefits that are unique to grass-fed milk.

The Health Benefits of Grass-fed Dairy

We at Traders Point Creamery strongly believe that cows raised on a grass fed diet and free to roam in the pasture, produce one of the most healthful foods known to man: milk. Most dairy products available today comes from cows that have their diets supplemented with grain in order to increase the amount of milk produced. Cows are ruminants, meaning their digestive systems are designed for a grass diet. When we deviate from what is ‘natural’ we usually pay a penalty. In this case it is the nutritional value of the milk.

Dr. Peter Kunz, an owner of Traders Point Creamery, understands the linkage between nutrition and health. His studies over the past few years have convinced him that grass based dairy products can, and do, improve human health. This marriage of medicine and farming has resulted in our focus on the health benefits of a grass-based dairy, and an emphasis on health based products.

In a recent interview, Dr Kunz said, “We have discovered just how important grazing animals are to human health. When animals are raised on pasture and eat the rich greens, they acquire nutrients that are important to human health: omega-3, fatty acids, conjugated linoleic acids (CLA), beta-carotene and vitamins A and D. When people eat products such as: milk, meat and eggs from grass fed animals, research suggests that the risk of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer is reduced.”

“In milk all of these nutrients are found in the fat or cream. Much has been made recently about the dangers of fat in the diet. Fat, like anything else eaten in excess, can be detrimental; however, remember that fat delivers the nutrients that support and develop the immune system. For this reason our products for the most part contain whole milk.”

“We do not homogenize our milk because the process changes the fat molecules so they cannot separate, as they would naturally. For those who are lactose intolerant, non-homogenized milk products seem to be easier to digest. In addition, a study done by Dr. Kurt Oster led to the conclusion that an enzyme created during the homogenization process initiates over 50% of all heart disease.”

“Some people confuse homogenization with pasteurization. We do pasteurize our milk because it is required by state law. We use a process called high temperature short time (HTST). This process kills the bacteria detrimental to human health but unlike the ultra pasteurization process, it does not kill those bacteria beneficial to human health.”

Our milk is certified organic by an independent certification authority. We do this so you don’t have to worry about consuming products containing growth hormones or pesticides.