Kurtwood Farms is a small Grade A Raw dairy located on Vashon Island. Just thirteen acres in size and with a small herd of five Jersey cows, the farm produces some of the most luscious milk available. Throughout the year the cows are milked twice a day, the milk quickly chilled to preserve its freshness. Dina, Francesca, Boo, Andi and Lily spend their days grazing on verdant pastures, coming down to the milking parlor to chomp on organic grain while being milked.

Kurt's All-Jersey Milk is delivered to Minglement General Store on Vashon Highway daily and is used in espresso drinks at Cafe Luna, Burton Coffee Stand and Minglement Coffee Bar, all on the Island. Larger quantities are available directly from the dairy for home cheese-making by appointment.

Never pasteurized, nor homogenized, this milk is Raw, full of the tastes and nutrients that the local pastures offer. The cream will rise to the top of the milk jug, leaving a thick yellow cream line after a night in the cooler.

In 1991 Kurt Timmermeister moved to Vashon Island, buying land that was to eventually become Kurtwood Farms. The farm began as four acres of overgrown blackberry brambles with rusted out cars and cast off junk hidden beneath the canopy of weeds. Little by little the four acres was cleaned out and planted with fruit and nut trees, vegetables and herbs. Once more land was acquired, pastures were created and fenced and sheep, pigs and cows arrived.

Soon a professional kitchen was built to begin processing the food grown on the farm. Progress on the enterprise continued with a Grade "A" dairy licensed in the newly built dairy buildings and a cow barn raised to house the bovine producers of that milk. Kurtwood Farms is now home to a small herd of Jersey cows, a motley crew of sheep, happy free rooting pigs, an ever changing flock of chickens, geese and ducks, a guest room and sofa often filled with Seattle's best cooks and Kurt and his two dogs Byron and Daisy.