IT ALL STARTED:

1981: Randy & Karen Sowers begin farming...started by renting farm from Everett Moser and buying 100 milk cows.

1984: Barn fire: roof of the milking parlor was lost.

1987: Purchased the farm from Everett Moser, and placed farm in to Maryland's Land Preservation.

1989: Purchased beef herd & tornado strikes the farm, taking off roof of calf barn.

1991: Built chicken house where we housed 110,000 laying hens.

1997: The Sowers' daughter Abby Sowers gets married to Tony Brusco.

2001: South Mountain Creamery is built and opens its doors in April 2001. We begin home deliveries in May 2001 with 13 home delivery customers.

2001: Tony & Abby Brusco welcome Gabriel Micheal Brusco, the first grandchild in July 2001.

2003: The Sowers' son Ben gets married to Kate Miller.

2004: Ben & Kate Sowers welcome Samuel Dwight Sowers in Feb 2004. Tony & Abby Brusco welcome Sophia Isabella Brusco in June 2004.

2004: South Mountain Creamery breaks record: 1000 home delivery customers, in a 50 mile radius of our farm, a dream come true!

2006: The Sowers and Brusco families are recognized as the Large Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Ben & Kate Sowers welcome Jereamiah Douglas Sowers in June of 2006.

December: 200 new customers from Potomac Dairy Service join us in areas of North and South Potomac and Bethesda.

2007: South Mountain Creamery remodels milk plant and installs new equipment (HTST, Homogenizer, Bottle Filler, Bottle Washer, Separator and Milk Tanks all purchased from Yoder Dairy in Virginia Beach, VA)

Featured in Dairy Business Magazine (cover photo), Washington Post, and the NY Times.
South Mountain Creamery breaks another record: 2200 home delivery customers at the end of 2007.

2008: South Mountain Creamery rebuilds entire website to handle all aspects of billing and ordering.  We take on new areas in Falls Church, VA and Mt Washington in Baltimore and expand customer base to 3000+.

2009: We celebrate our 8 year anniversary in April and our first truck makes its way to its new home in Chesapeake, VA.  We started deliveries on April 15th!!

Ben & Kate Sowers welcome thier 3rd son Elijah David in May of 2009.

AND THE STORY CONTINUES...

"Everyone is welcome to come out to the country for a visit!"

FREE DAILY FARM EXPERIENCES:

Milking Time is 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm daily
Watch cows being milked in our milking parlor

Calf Feeding Time: 4:00 pm daily
Come help bottle feed baby calves.  [Please note: Limited number of calves and bottles.]

DELIVERY AREAS:

Alexandria, VA

Arlington, VA

Falls Church, VA

Vienna, Oakton, McLean, VA

Leesburg, VA

Harpers Ferry, Charles Town, Shepherdstown, WV

Mt Washington & Catonsville, MD

NW DC (including Georgetown, Mt. Pleasant, Capitol Hill)

NE and SE DC

Hyattsville, Cheverly, Mt. Rainier

Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Silver Spring

Gaithersburg, Germantown, Rockville, Olney

Clarksburg, Dickerson, Poolesville

Howard County

Mt Airy, Myersville, Middletown

Hagerstown, Boonsboro

Walkersville, Frederick