Where It Comes From
Our milk comes from Humpback Dairy in Miller, Missouri, operated by Sam Hostetler and his son. One farm. One herd. One source we can name and stand behind.
Sam founded Humpback Dairy in 2010 after a doctor contacted him looking for someone willing to milk camels. He converted a barn stall into a milking parlor, filled bottles by hand, and built what is now the largest camel dairy in the United States. The operation spans 1,000 acres with approximately 200 camels, a modern pipeline milking facility, and feed standards built around what the animal actually requires: a 16 percent grain ration in the barn alongside brome and alfalfa hay, with calves kept near their mothers because camels only produce milk when their young are present.
That last detail is worth noting. Camel dairy cannot be industrialized the way bovine dairy has been. The biology of the animal prevents it. What that means for you is that the herd management at Humpback is driven by the camel's nature rather than by production volume targets.
We source directly from that farm, flash-freeze at peak freshness, and ship to your door on dry ice. No bulk intermediaries. No temperature compromises. The pipeline from Sam's milking facility to your glass is as short and as controlled as we can make it.
