Celebrating 100 years of High Lawn Farm
PURE JERSEY MILK SINCE 1923
Plan your trip to the heart of the Berkshires! Visit us and join in the festivities as we celebrate 100 years of producing Jersey dairy products! We invite you to join us as we honor our history and look forward to the future.
Learn about our exciting centennial events below:
Farm Community Day
Saturday, July 8th, 2023 — 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Join us for our 100th-anniversary kick-off event, as we invite all of our community members for a special taste of our newest specialty products. Enjoy an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the farm with free guided farm tours — limited availability (first come first serve!).
New England jersey breeders Summer cattle sale
Saturday, July 15th, 2023 — 2:00 to 4:00 PM
This year’s New England Jersey Breeders, Simmer Down for Summer Sale will be hosted at High Lawn Farm in collaboration with the association’s annual meeting and member-only picnic. Enjoy the excitement of dedicated Jersey cattle enthusiasts from throughout New England selectively bidding on calves and heifers to add diversity to their home herds.
We invite all to participate in a silent auction and 50/50 raffle to raise funds for New England Jersey youth members and events. Winners will be announced after the conclusion of the cattle auction. Learn more about the purebred Jersey Cattle breed.
Keep it moo’ving 5k walk & run
Sunday, July 30th, 2023 — 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
In collaboration with the Berkshire Running Foundation, a local non-profit, we are hosting the High Lawn Farm Keep it Moo’ving 5k. This beautiful course leaves our historic farmstead along Summer Street fields and picturesque Laurel Lake and returns to the farm for a well-deserved ice cream. This 3.1-mile walk or run is open to all abilities and levels of fitness. The race starts at 8:30 AM. High Lawn Farm Museum will be open for this event and for runners to enjoy after the race concludes.
Register today! Pre-registration is $25 until July 28th. Technical Race Shirts for the first 100 registered runners or walkers. Race day registration is $35.
100% of the proceeds from this event will benefit Berkshire Bounty. A non-profit food rescue organization dedicated to collecting, purchasing, and delivering nutritious food to emergency food distribution programs throughout the Berkshires’.
This event has been made possible by generous support from:
Comalli Electric LePrevost Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Marty's Local Lee Bank Henry's Electric Berkshire Grown Elegant Stitches Berkshire Running Center Sheriff Thomas Bowler & The Berkshire County Deputy Sheriffs' Association
farm centennial ceremony
Saturday, August 19th, 2023 — 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
(Invited VIP event begins at 10:00 AM and will open to the general public at 12:00 PM)
Celebrate with us and commemorate the past 100 years of producing and processing our delicious Jersey dairy products! Presentation in the farm museum and guided farm tours. Tastes of the High Lawn Farm dairy product collection. Join us in sealing our time capsule and sign the 2023 High Lawn Farm yearbook! Participate in free raffles to get a chance to win branded merchandise and prizes! You don't want to miss this event!
awards celebration & farm tours
Sunday, September 17th, 2023 — 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
All are welcome to take attend our awards presentation in the farm museum followed by guided farm tours. Join us in celebrating the honor of being awarded the 2023 New England Green Pastures Award and Massachusetts Dairy Farm of the Year. Additionally, we will celebrate and taste recently awarded cheeses through the following competitions:
2023 Best of Dairy Challenge Competition - Syracuse, NY
- Wilde Field ®️ 1st placed Alpine Style
- High Lawn Blue 1st placed Blue Cheese
- Wilde Field ®️ (Silver Medal, Class 17 - Alpine Style)
- High Lawn Blue (Bronze Medal, Class 6 - Blue Veined Cheeses)
- Smorbier (Bronze Medal, Class 11 - Wash Rind/Smear Ripened Cheese)
- High Lawn Queen (Bronze Medal, Class 18 - Mold Ripened Cheese)
- Sea Salted Butter (Bronze Medal, Class 23 - Butter)
Massachusetts cheese festival
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 — 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Cheese lovers and locavores can taste Massachusetts-made cheese and charcuterie at the Massachusetts Cheese Festival, to be held at High Lawn Farm. The Massachusetts Cheese Guild is bringing back the Massachusetts Cheese Festival after a two-year hiatus. While past festivals were in late autumn at an indoor Boston location, this year the festival will be held outside, in the heart of the Berkshires. We are excited to have a number of local producers from all over Massachusetts and beyond. The day-long festival will feature a curated collection of artisanal cheese makers and pairing partners to sample and purchase, including charcuterie, wine, beer, honey, and chocolate.
The Massachusetts Cheese Guild, Inc. is a not-for-profit whose mission is to advance the production, image, and enjoyment of premier cheeses from Massachusetts; encourage and support the production of artisan and farmstead cheese, including cultured dairy products such as yogurt, made from Massachusetts milk or curd by Massachusetts cheese makers; educate the public and those in the cheese business about Massachusetts cheeses.
Tickets will be available for advance purchase from the MA Cheese Guild:
Regular Attendee - $30 MA Cheese Guild Members ($25 level or above) - FREE Children ages 12 and under - FREE
Follow @macheeseguild for updated information on vendors, music, and more!
CONTACT INFORMATION:
info@macheeseguild.org