Tameside's last Dairy Farm gets green light to sell direct

After months of dedicated work Oak Farm at Matley Lane in Stalybridge is now able to sell raw milk direct from the farm. 

Farmer Steven Sherrat has spent a large part of the year going through the process that will allow the public to buy raw milk direct. “We’ve passed all the Food Standards Agency tests and we are now registered as a supplier to sell to the public, “said Steve “We have the all the required certification that means you can come to the farm with your own plastic recycled bottle or purchase one here and get farm fresh milk.  We are a working farm but we’ll make buying milk from us as accessible as we can, you can call us to arrange to collect or arrange to come down.

We are also the last dairy farm in Tameside, family owned and we need to diversify. My wife Olivia and son Owen in January will be going on cheesemaking course, making butter and we’ll also be looking at our own fresh ice cream too hopefully in time for Summer 2026.

The plan is to introduce a vending machine or a trailer we can take around Tameside to make our milk more widely available but that will be a future development. We’ve achieved this important first step so now we can work towards doing more.” Steve’s son Owen, age 10, is just as committed to the family business and said “It’s a low carbon business selling our raw milk and it’s healthier than supermarket stuff!. Even Haaland loves drinking  raw milk and backs buying straight from farm and look how many goals he scores he's a viking .”