Oooh, it’s cold out. We’ve had our first snowstorm of the year! No matter how you feel about the snow and the cold, I’ll bet that a bowl of Hansen’s ice cream sounds pretty good when you’re watching a...
This Christmas, buy local: Top 5 gifts from Hansen’s Dairy
There are just 12 shopping days left before Christmas. Sure, you can get food staples at our stores, but did you know we have some great gifts too? If you are looking for unique, local ideas for the Hansen’s...
The calendar says Nov. 20, but you wouldn’t know it by looking outside. Fortunately, the nice day is allowing us to prepare for the upcoming season of not-so-nice days. The cows mostly like the winter. They are much more...
Yes, we all know about Black Friday, the annual “holiday” where we stand in crushing lines at big box stores to get incredible deals on gifts for our loved ones. And then there’s Cyber Monday, the day everyone does...
This Friday Hansen’s hosted the annual Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership (NIFFP) meeting, and their Farm to School event. From 5 to 7 on Friday evening, local residents interested in the NIFFP and Farm to School could come...
Hansen’s Farm Fresh Dairy is a unique family business. In the early 2000s, all four sons of Jay and Jeanne Hansen decided to come back to the home farm and work together to build an on-farm creamery. There are...
Y’all did great! This post got lots of attention, and we had some QUICK responses. I’ll have to make the next one tougher… The winners are: Julie Richmond Cindy Johnson Rebecca Decker Merri Franzen Debbie Dodds Congratulations! We...
Good morning! Nothin’ like a pop quiz to start your Monday, right? All of the answers to the questions below can be found on the Hansen’s Dairy website. The first five people to answer all questions correctly in the...
This Saturday Eric and I packed up the Hansen’s Suburban and drove out Highway 20 to Independence. We were heading to the Independence Farmer’s Market. Our morning started early – the market starts at 8 am every Saturday and...
Good morning! What better way to start the day than with some incredibly corny farm and cow jokes… Do YOU know any good ones? Leave them in the comments! What do you call a cow that’s just had...