About Our Farm

The Hatcher Family has proudly farmed in Arno, Tennessee, since 1819, spanning six generations. Rooted in faith, quality, integrity, and stewardship, we uphold these values in our relationships with customers, partners, and the community.

In 2007, facing a crossroads, we decided to start to bottling our own milk and built a creamery and bottling plant on the farm. We started selling at the Franklin Farmers Market and our Dairy Store, we've now grown to supply over 980 local shops and restaurants across Middle Tennessee.

As a family-run business, we were featured in the docu-series The Hatcher Family Dairy on Disney+ in 2021. In 2024, we introduced Middle Tennessee’s first robotic Lely milkers on the farm, which you can see in action during tours.

Thank you for supporting our family farm!

About Our Milk

  • We have three breeds of dairy cattle we milk: Holstein, Brown Swiss and Jersey.

  • Our cows are on pasture 365 days a year. We use rotational grazing practices to keep our cows eating the best grass possible.

  • Our Whole Milk is non-homogenized, which results in a layer of cream on the top. Milk naturally separates which causes cream to rise to the top of the container. We offer non-homogenized whole milk because we believe that whole milk should be in its most natural state.

  • All of our other milk products are homogenized.

  • All of our milk is pasteurized, processed and bottled here on the farm at the Abe Hatcher Creamery. We are in accordance with the PMO (Pasteurized Milk Ordinance).

  • Quality of product is of utmost importance here on our six generation family farm which has helped us sustain our family farm for nearly two hundred years. 

  • We have veterinarians and livestock nutritionists in our family that formulate daily feed ration intake to help balance any needed nutrients that are not available from grass.

  • The health and happiness of our cows is very important to us- they are part of our family!

Take A Tour

 Come experience the rich history and innovation of Hatcher Family Dairy, a six-generation farm located in the heart of College Grove, Tennessee. For over 75 years, we’ve been milking cows in our traditional milk barn, and in 2024, we embraced the future with the installation of a cutting-edge Lely robotic milking system.

Our tour gives visitors a unique glimpse into both our past and our future.

Visit our Dairy Store

We sell milk, ice cream, eggs, butter, meat, local goods, Hatcher merch and more. We have a coffee bar and sell a variety of drinks- we recommend the World Famous chocolate milk! You can visit our picnic area to see views of the farm and cows.

Our TV Show

Dear viewers,

The response and feedback over the past four years since the premiere of our TV show has been amazing. We cannot thank y’all enough for the outpouring of love and support. We have loved hearing from y’all! Although we wanted our show to continue for multiple seasons, a second season was not renewed by the network.


Season One will still be available through your streaming apps. Thank you all for watching! We are still open to being back on TV, it will just take the right network. Follow us on social media for the latest updates.

We hope to be back on TV in the future!

The Hatcher Family