Modern Milk Man
Upper St. Clair residents can enjoy farm-fresh foods thanks to The Family
Cow’s deliveries to customers throughout PA.
BY JENNIFER BROZAK
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Photos courtesy of yourfamilyfarmer.com
n Edwin Shank’s perfect world, families would have access to fresh, wholesome
dairy by means of a family cow in their own backyards.
Knowing that this isn’t feasible, Shank, instead, delivers dairy produced by
his own family cows to customers throughout Pennsylvania.
About eight years ago, Shank, a fourth generation farmer and owner of The
Family Cow farm in Chambersburg, PA, envisioned a way to deliver more of his
family’s certified organic raw milk to families throughout the region. It all began
when one of his regular customers was hoping to continue to buy Shank’s dairy
products, even though she had moved to New Jersey. Since his product couldn’t be
legally transported across state lines, Shank told the woman that he would make
the three-hour trip to meet her on the edge of Pennsylvania, as long as she could
find a few other people to