Community outreach, ice cream production and selling directly to consumers with Lolly Lesher

Progressive Dairy Podcast · Nov 18, 2025 · 35m

Pennsylvania dairywoman Lolly Lesher from Way-Har Farms joins host Kimmi Devaney on this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast to discuss on-farm processing, selling directly to consumers through their farm market and other retail avenues, farm tours and community outreach.

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Here is a breakdown of the episode:

[~1:00] About Way-Har Farms and Lesher’s family

[~1:50] Differences between their old freestall barn and the new one they built in 2016

[~3:30] Farm market

[~4:50] On-farm processing

[~5:40] How they develop new flavors

[~7:00] Marketing

[~9:30]…