Litchfield residents George Malkemus and Anthony Yurgaitis purchased the property in 1999, then a horse farm, to ensure that it remained rolling pastures and farmland. Their vision was to restore the farm as a working dairy farm. For 100 years, the farm had been owned and run as a dairy farm by the Webster family and was called Arethusa Farm.
Malkemus and Yurgaitis have expanded the new Arethusa Farm into one of the most premier breeding farms in North America—now also a dairy farm—that is attractive and appreciated by the local community.Our milk is NOT being sold at the farm, but the milk barn (556 South Plains Road) will be open to the public from 1:30-3:00pm on Saturday afternoons or by appointment.
The foundational values at Arethusa Farm are caring for superior animals with the best possible practices, the preservation of a working dairy farm—in times when farms are diminishing—and good stewardship of irreplaceable land.
As we debut Arethusa Farm Dairy, our goals are to employ quality staff who provide superior care for the cattle, to maintain pristine facilities which blend into the natural and historic setting and to produce Milk like it used to taste. TM
