Kilby Cream gets fresh: a look inside the dairy processor's operation
Consumers want local, fresh and minimally processed foods. A dairy farmer in rural Maryland said, ‘I can do that,’ and built a plant to process milk and ice cream. Meet the owners of Kilby Cream.
After farming for 100 years, what does a family do to position itself for success into the next century? They add a dairy processing operation.
Bill Kilby’s family has been farming for 100 years. His ancestors had farms in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In 1961, his parents settled in Cecil County, Maryland. Now Bill and wife Phyllis operate a 400-head dairy farm in Colora, located about an hour northeast of Baltimore.