United States of America, farm by farm

The United States has catalogued primal food sources across all 50 states. Raw milk law varies by state, some permit retail sale, others farm-direct only, others prohibit it entirely. The grassfed movement is strongest in the Pacific Northwest, New England and the Mountain West. Use the map to find catalogued producers near you, or browse by state below.

14,350catalogued sources
3,822municipalities with at least one
8categories

Why United States of America grows the food it grows

United States of America enters the atlas through three doors at once: raw milk, pasture eggs, local markets. That is not a registration accident — it is the country's structure. Where there is grassland there is livestock; where there is a coast, an auction hall; where there is a market tradition, a stall. The 3822 localities holding at least one listing draw the real map of unprocessed food, and this terrain explains why it clusters where it clusters.

Each category weighs what its production network weighs. Grass-fed meat needs acreage; raw milk needs a registered herd and a short cold chain; cheese needs aging; markets need producers nearby. That is why the atlas is never uniform: geography leads and the numbers follow. What you see in the bars on the right is literally the country counted by source type.

And the usual honesty: if raw honey looks thin, it is not missing from United States of America — it is missing from the atlas. The map grows listing by listing, and every verified source raises the floor for the next one.

The map, source by source

Every point is a listing with its own page. Filter, then open the ones near you.

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What the law says about raw milk in United States of America

Permitted

Permitted

Direct sale to the consumer is a legal channel. Where it applies, the farm is the shop.

—Farm-gate or vending-machine sale with a registered herd—Official hygiene package (EU 852/853 or local equivalent)—Herd free of brucellosis and tuberculosis, tested—Label warns the milk is raw and unpasteurized
Depends on the regionHow it works here

Depends on the region

The same country can hold three regimes at once: legal at the farm, restricted in retail, banned in some regions.

—Farm-gate sale usually legal; retail often not—Aged raw-milk cheese (60+ days) widely legal as a backdoor—Herdshares or clubs where direct sale is closed—Rules change by state, lander, region or county
Prohibited in retail

Prohibited in retail

No legal commercial channel for liquid raw milk. The workarounds are ownership or the border.

—Retail sale of raw drinking milk is banned—Own-animal consumption (herdshare) stays in a grey zone—Aged raw-milk cheese remains available and legal—Some buyers cross into a neighbouring country
United States of Americaverified · Ago 2026

How it works here — Drinking is legal everywhere; selling depends on your state

✦Federal rule 21 CFR 1240.61 only bans raw milk crossing state lines: possession and consumption are legal in all 50 states✦Retail states (CA, PA, WA, ID, ME and UT, new in 2026), farm-gate states (NY, TX, GA…), herdshare states (CO, VA, OH…)✦The 60-day rule (21 CFR 133) makes aged raw-milk cheese legal in all 50 states✦PA is finalising raw butter licensing; H.R. 7880 would open interstate trade between permissive states

This card set is orientation, not legal advice: raw-milk rules move by region and by year. When in doubt, ask the producer for their registry number.

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