Modern machines meet old-fashioned practices at the 1836 Farms creamery just east of Dallas. The clanging of glass bottles takes you back to a different time when milk delivery came right to your door.

“We wanted to bring back the milk, man. We wanted to bring back that feeling that you had when you had a milkman come to your door,” said marketing specialist Micaela Brewer.

What attracted 1836 Farms to Terrell, about 30 miles east of Dallas, were Texans and Texas values.

“You know your neighbor. We are able to go next door and give milk, fresh glass-bottled milk to the doorstep of our neighbor. So, this place is home,” said Brewer.

The company prides itself on doing everything organic. And those glass milk bottles? There’s a reason you won’t find any plastic at 1836 Farms.

“So sometimes when you use plastic, sometimes that plastic can leach into the liquid inside. With glass, that doesn’t happen,” said food scientist Janie Clement. 

You could call Clement the brains behind the brand. She mixes science with math to make sure each product is perfect, especially when concocting new flavors!

“I just write it down, try it, and let everyone take a vote,” said Clement.

The creamery bottles thousands of milk, whether it’s plain, strawberry, or banana-flavored. Each glass bottle pays homage to the milk our grandparents drank.

“Without the additives, without the preservatives, without anything that takes away from the integrity of the milk. This is the way God intended it to be,” said Brewer.