In 2012, Ryan and Haylee Mensonides decided to go all in, and cashed in their 401ks to secure a USDA “new farmer” loan in order to purchase their very first herd of Jersey cows and rent farmland in Enumclaw, Washington. In the years that followed, they watched neighboring dairies close due to decreased profit margins and industry consolidation, and farmland being lost.

Ryan and Haylee decided to do things differently, but integrating the farm vertically. By building a creamery on the farm property, and then opening the market a few miles away, Mount Rainier Creamery is able to manage every single phase of the process, from the feed that the cows consume, to the time between milking and when the bottle lands in the hands of the customer.

Our dream is to connect people with the food they consume and the place it comes from. By creating the infrastructure we have, we can serve you ice cream from cow to cone in 48 hours or less.