Gustafson's Farm is a brand name of

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modulat ...

and

dairy A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...

products sold in the U.S. state of

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

. The main Gustafson Dairy Farm is located in

Green Cove Springs, Florida Green Cove Springs is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,378 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,908. The city is named after the portio ...

, and was one of the largest privately owned dairy farms in the

Southeast United States The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast, is a geographical region of the United States. It is located broadly on the eastern portion of the southern United States and the southern por ...

. Started in 1908, the main farm occupies nearly 10,000

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(40 km²) in Green Cove Springs. Their first cow on their farm was named "Buttercup".{{Cite web , date=2014-03-11 , title=Green Cove Springs: Gustafson’s Farm , url=https://jaxpsychogeo.com/south/green-cove-springs-gustafsons-farm/ , access-date=2023-08-08 , website=jaxpsychogeo.com , language=en-US The Gustafson brand is now owned by Southeast Milk Inc., a dairy cooperative based in Belleview, Florida. The production plant in Green Cove Springs, Florida closed in October, 2013, but Gustafson labeled products are still produced at the Southeast Milk Inc. facility and distributed in Florida. All Gustafson products have the picture of the husband-and-wife founders, Frank and Agnes Gustafson, (also known as Mama and Papa Gus) prominently featured on its packaging. Gustafson's main competitors are

Dean Foods Dean Foods was an American food and beverage company and the largest dairy company in the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company maintained plants and distributors in the United States. Dean Foods had 66 manufacturing faciliti ...

(owner of Florida-based T. G. Lee and MacArthur Dairy) and

Borden Dairy Borden Dairy Company is an American dairy processor and distributor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Established in 2009,List of dairy product companies in the United States This is a list of dairy product companies in the United States. A dairy product is food produced from the milk of mammals. Dairy products are usually high energy-yielding food products. A production plant for the processing of milk is called a dair ...

External links

Gustafson's Farm website

References

Dairy products companies of the United States 1908 establishments in Florida Farms in Florida Clay County, Florida