Farming Since 1819
The Hatcher Family is very proud of our heritage. Since 1819, six consecutive generations have continued the farming in the small community of Arno, Tennessee.
We are committed to the core values of faith, quality, integrity and stewardship handed down by our forefathers over 175 years ago. These values are a tradition for us and we promote them in our dealings with our customers, our partners and the community.
We have always been dairy farmers and were faced with a choice in 2007 to sell out or start to bottle our own milk. So as a family, we decided to stick together and build our own creamery and bottling plant right here on our farm.
We first sold locally at the Franklin Farmers Market and at our farm Dairy Store. Since then we have grown, with the amazing support of our community, to be in over 90 local shops and restaurants throughout Middle Tennessee.
We are a family run business and in 2021 our family was featured in a docu-series called “The Hatcher Family Dairy” - you can stream the entire first season on Disney+!
In 2024, we installed two robotic milkers here on the farm. You can now visit the farm and see the robots in action, visit our tours page for more info.
We thank you for supporting our family farm!
About Our Milk
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 of our cows is of utmost importance to us- they are part of our family.
Tours
We now offer tours of our Milk Barn Museum, Robotic Milking facility and barn play loft!
Visit our Store
Our dairy store is open Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm and Saturdays 8am to 1pm. 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. We have two Airbnbs on the farm! For more info click here.
Our TV Show
TV Show Update:
Dear viewers,
We wanted to give everyone an update on our TV show- The response and feedback over the past two years since the premiere has been incredible, humbling, and amazing. We cannot thank y’all enough for the outpouring of love and support. Although we wanted our show to continue for multiple seasons, a second season was not renewed. However, we Hatchers are resilient just like all of our fellow farmers and veterinarians and we will continue to move forward. We hope to continue to bring the Hatcher Family Dairy story to our fans in some form or fashion. We are currently exploring new avenues and ways to bring more of our family story to you.
If you are a fan and would like to send any of the cast members a note, we would love to hear from you! Email us at hello@hatcherfamilydairy.com
If you are a brand or business and would like to work with the family, email us at press@hatcherfamilydairy.com
If you work in the media industry and want to work together, email us at media@hatcherfamilydairy.com
Season One will still be available through your streaming apps. Thank you all for watching and hanging on with us- keep on hanging! We hope to have exciting updates in 2024.
The Hatcher Family
