customers moved to the Pittsburgh area, and asked Shank if he could
start a drop point in the area for her family.
“I told her what I told my other customers,” he explains. “If you can
get a group of friends together, I’ll make the drive.”
She did, and before he knew it, Shank’s family and employees
were delivering to nearly 20 more drop point locations throughout
western Pennsylvania, including Greensburg, Butler, Cranberry, Ross,
Sewickley and the South Hills. In all, The Family Cow now services
54 drop points across the state; one of its newest drop points, located
at the Irwin Wal-Mart, was just added this past summer, thanks to the
tireless efforts of Jen Wirsing, owner of The Green Berry juice bar in
downtown Irwin.
“I wanted the community to have access to pastured, organic meats,
raw milk and butter