Dairy Farmers Celebrate Ice Cream One Scoop at a Time

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July is National Ice Cream Month, and dairy farmers sure do love to celebrate every moment of it! Did you know ice cream is the second most consumed dairy product across the Southeast? It takes 3 gallons of milk to produce 1 gallon of ice cream, meaning each cow on family-owned dairy farms can produce on average 2-3 gallons of ice cream per day!

With all that delicious ice cream to enjoy, here is how some of these dairy farm families are celebrating ice cream this month.

Smith Dairy

Georgia

The Smith family at Smith Dairy in Barnesville, GA, is celebrating National Ice Cream Month and beating the heat with ice cream made with fresh Georgia peaches from nearby Dickey Farms!

Brush Creek Swiss

North Carolina

Ashley and Cory Robbins of Brush Creek Swiss in Siler City, NC, love chocolate and chocolate peanut butter ice cream anytime, anywhere! They love their brown Swiss cows and are proud of their contribution to producing wholesome milk and tasty ice cream.

Oakmulgee Dairy

Virginia

Ice cream brings family and friends together! The Moyer family at Oakmulgee Dairy in Ameila, VA, especially likes Cecelia’s homemade Rocky Road ice cream. With a homemade ice cream as delicious as it is, Cecelia is not hiding her recipe away. You can make this delicious rocky road ice cream at home for National Ice Cream Month.

Rocky Road Ice Cream

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups whole milk

  • 8 oz semisweet chocolate

  • 2 cups granulated sugar

  • ½ tsp salt

  • 1 can evaporated milk

  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla

  • 4 cups cream

  • 2 cups mini marshmallows

  • 1 ¾ cups mini chocolate chips

  • 1 ½ cups chopped pecans

Directions

Combine semisweet chocolate and milk in a double boiler. Heat over low until the chocolate is melted. Remove from heat. Add sugar, salt, and remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Place mixture in ice cream maker and store in freezer until ready to serve.

Makes 4 quarts.

You can join in on the fun and celebrate National Ice Cream Month by visiting a local dairy farm near you that makes ice cream from their family's dairy farm. Check out the Dairy Trail of the Southeast to find a local farm. 

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