Raw Milk & Deadlifts!

Although they consider themselves blessed to live/work on a farm, surrounded by nature, they NEVER grew up farming and certainly never thought they would find themselves farming!

Tommy & Luke grew up in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and had many other interests growing up rather than farming, such as: Sports, working out, hunting, an obsession with westerns & cowboy films, organizing ‘fight clubs’ in the local Gold’s gym, and much more.

It was actually their passion for health & wellness that ultimately led them to farming.

During high school, Tommy & Luke both took a great interest in natural health, various healing methods, etc.

Having both been athletes, they always loved fitness & working out, but when Tommy began suffering from back pain as well as depression during their junior year of high school, and used simple dietary/lifestyle changes to heal his back & is depression, they both were in awe and truly began to take interest in health, wellness, nature and God’s ability to heal, and healing nutrition.

They began eating all organic, non-GMO foods as high school students, and they eventually realized that the BEST way to have the healthiest, most nourishing food on the planet is to GROW/RAISE it yourself (or find a very clean, local source that does)! This is what began their interest into farming some of their own food.

After graduating high school, Tommy moved to a farm in southwestern Virginia to work for a non-profit that educates people on healing through a nourishing diet, stress management & connecting to nature. Luke moved to a farm in Maine to learn everything about regenerative agriculture and how to produce healthy food, while also healing the land.

One day while texting, Tommy & Luke were talking about how much they loved raw milk, and how they even noticed they were getting considerably STRONGER in the workouts since drinking it! They especially noticed a big jump in their personal records on the deadlift.

Luke jokingly commented “We should make a t shirt that says ‘Raw Milk and Deadlifts’ ”.

Tommy replied “ I would legit start that with you”.

So, “Why raw milk?” you ask?

While Tommy was in Virginia and Luke was in Maine, they stayed in close touch with one another. They both discovered Raw Milk around the same time, and at first, they didn’t know what to think about it.

Tommy & Luke had actually been predominantly dairy free for the last 4-5 years, since they had always heard such bad things about dairy and how it creates inflammation, mucus, etc.

However, upon doing some research, they noticed that RAW dairy seemed to be very different, so they tried it and were BLOWN away!They noticed how RAW dairy created no inflammation, mucus, stomach aches, skin outbreaks or ANY of the issues they had experienced with conventional, pasteurized dairy! They instantly fell in love with the beverage.