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= Rosa Brothers Milk Company =

Overview
Operated by brothers Rolland and Noel, Rosa Brothers Milk Company is a family-owned and operated dairy farm in the heart of Central California. Both families live on the farm and work the same land their family began working some seven decades and three generations ago.

In 2012, the Rosa family began processing the farm’s milk in a small creamery built in Tulare, California. The creamery was built with a few goals in mind:


 * 1) To provide California's families with the best tasting dairy products.
 * 2) To provide safe, pure dairy products that have not been overly processed or modifies.
 * 3) To keep milk stocked at local stores for maximum freshness.
 * 4) To provide a truly local product that comes through a transparent and trustworthy channel, allowing families to watch the milk all the way from the cow to the bottle or ice cream carton.

Glass Bottled Milk:
Whole

Reduced Fat

Skim

Chocolate

Lactose Free Whole

Lactose Free Chocolate

Cold Brew Coffee Milk

Strawberry

Banana

Orange Cream

Root Beer

Vanilla

Half & Half

Heavy Cream

Seasonal Egg Nog

Super Premium Ice Cream Flavors:
Chocolate

Vanilla

Strawberry

Rocky Road

Chocolate Chip

Mint Chip

Orange Cream

Pistachio

Coffee N' Chip

Cookies & Cream

Banana

Coconut N' Chocolate

Nut N' Honey

Salted Caramel

Seasonal Egg Nog

Why Glass Bottles
Milk tastes better when it's packaged in glass. Paper, plastic, or metal containers transfer flavors to the milk. Glass is also a great insulator. Milk tastes great when it's at its coldest, and glass bottles keep it colder. Glass is recyclable and can be refilled many times, which helps keep large quantities of plastic out of landfills.

Farm & Creamery Tours
Tours are held on the dairy where the milk is produced. Additional self-guided tours at the creamery showcase the milk going into the bottle through glass windows, illustrating exactly where every bottle comes from. Rosa Brothers milk is never “pooled” with other farms, requiring additional processing to make the milk uniform. No rBST's (bovine growth hormone) are used to treat the cows at the dairy.

Sustainability
As a family farm, Noel and Rolland were raised there and continue to raise their families there. So one of thier top priorities is to sustain their family farm for generations to come.

The water at the dairy is reused four times! First, it's used to cool the milk as it comes from the cow. Second, that water, slightly warmer, is used to wash the cows before they are milked. Third, that wash water is collected and pumped into concrete lanes where the cows stand to eat. These "flush lanes" stay very clean all year long, making a nice area for cows to stand and eat. Finally, the flush water is collected and stored to be used to irrigate and fertilize crops that feed the cows.

Capturing the sun’s energy for light, heat, hot water, and electricity can be a convenient way to save money. Whether drying crops, heating buildings, or powering a water pump, using the sun makes our farm more efficient.

The construction of the facility itself was built, and continues to be repaired with, recycled pipe that had once been used in the oil drilling industry. Old tires are recycled to hold down covers on our cattle feed — tires that could have ended up in landfills.

Distribution
Currently Rosa Brothers distributes to more than 750 locations throughout California. It is distributed locally by Rosa Brothers Milk Company and outside of the area by a few independent distributors. Rosa Brothers Milk Company products are found in independent supermarkets, local delicatessens, bakeries, convenience stores, and conventional grocery chains.

Fresno Food Expo

 * 2013- Best New Product & People's Choice Award
 * 2016- Fred Ruiz Entrepreneurial Award

Outstanding Business Award

 * 2014- California SBDC

Los Angeles International Dairy Competition

 * 2015- Gold Medal Winner for Vanilla Ice Cream
 * 2015- Silver Medal Winner for Cookies & Cream Ice Cream
 * 2017- Gold Medal Winner for Chocolate Milk

California Senate District 14

 * 2018- Small Business of the Year