A Tradition of Quality: The centuries old tradition of animal husbandry, rooted in Europe, is a mutually dependant and beneficial relationship between humans and cows. The quality of these fine relationships is based on longevity. Franz and Angela, the Noris farmers honor this tradition of their alpine homeland.

Hormone Free with Humane Care: Noris dairy cows are never given hormones or antibiotics. Our cows are allowed to graze year round. Noris Dairy cultivates a bio diverse pasture which includes flowers, herbs and a hundred other kinds of plants - a cows' smorgasbord! Cows, ruminants with four stomachs, perfectly digest and utilize grass. We reject the standard industry diet of rich, hard to digest grains (resulting in high milk production) because it stresses the cows' bodies and drastically shortens their lives.

Sustainable Farming for Many Generations: By practicing sustainable farming in harmony with nature, we like to do our part to provide a better environment for the home of all of us "THE EARTH". No pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizer is applied to the land.

Noris Dairy Products are all natural. This means our products contain no preservatives or additives. Our dairy products contain live cultures, so that the food that you consume is fresh and living, to help you remain healthy. Noris dairy has chosen to retain as much of the natural goodness as possible for their customers. By purchasing directly from the farm, you do not have to worry about the shelf life of your milk while in transport to a bottling facility and then to a store. With our delivery, your milk will be fresh. To achieve this we only use a low pasteurization process on our milk. We do not homogenize our milk; this allows the cream to rise to the top.

Because our dairy products do not have preservatives or additives, our consistency and shelf life may vary and is usually much less than what you would find in a store bought product (7-10 days versus up to 30 days for commercial brands). To ensure that you have the best quality product at all times, we recommend always having fresh product on hand. We provide delivery weekly to your home.

To ensure that your product stays as fresh as possible at home we have the following recommendations for our products:

Milk
Optimal storing temperature for milk is 34 degrees. Milk should always be stored on the top shelf and never in the door. This allows the milk to stay as cold as possible. Remember to shake your milk well before each use. You will notice right away that the cream rises to the top of our milk.

Yogurt
Our yogurt is made with Noris fresh milk. You will notice right away that it has a very different consistency than commercial store bought products. Noris yogurt uses only fresh live cultures and no preservatives so your product is fresh and healthy.

Cheese
Traditional store bought cheese is filled with preservatives and additives. These preservatives kill the live cultures of the cheese. This allows for a very long shelf life, however, it takes away the essential nutrients of the cheese and the flavor. Noris Dairy cheese is made with our own fresh raw milk.

Butter
If you are not planning on using your butter right away, we recommend that you cube it into serving sizes and then freeze what you are not going to use. This will allow you to have butter for a longer period of time and retain the freshness and flavor.