Raw milk via herd share, $10 per gallon. Please bring your own containers.
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A herd share (also known as a cow or goat share) is the purchase of ownership of a portion, or share, of a milking herd or individual milking animal.
A consumer first buys a share of the animal or herd through a legal bill of sale. They then enter into a boarding agreement with the farmer, paying the farmer a (typically monthly) fee to house, care for, and milk their animal. The boarding agreement fee covers costs of feed, maintenance, time, labor, equipment depreciation, etc. This fee is not a charge for the milk. The boarding fee must be paid regardless of variations in milk production; and even if a herd share owner is out of town for a few weeks, they still pay the boarding fee even though they aren’t getting their milk while they are away.
The farmer provides the consumer with their share of the milk produced at no additional expense – because it’s not a sale of the milk; it’s that consumer’s milk already. The consumer pays costs, and receives milk, in proportion to their ownership interest.