About Our Family

The Benkoski Family

Big Sandy Creek Dairy Farm was established in 1947 by John Benkoski Sr. He brought his family to Madison, Georgia to dairy farm because he was tired of the snow in Connecticut. He set roots here and the Benkoski's have been milking cows in the same spot since! The farm is now owned by John Benkoski Jr. and his family.

Farmer John

Farmer John grew up right here at Big Sandy Creek Dairy Farm with his 6 brothers and sisters. He works hard to care for his animals and his family. Farmer John loves tractors, ice cream, and classic rock. He even listesn to Lynyrd Skynyrd, ABBA, Boston, and others while he milks the cows.

Mrs. Julie

Mrs. Julie is from Jefferson, Georgia and is married to Farmer John. She works hard as a special education teacher and as our tour coordinator. She was in the Red Coat Band at UGA, teaches Sunday school, and loves chocolate.

Katelin

Katelin grew up on Big Sandy Creek Dairy and recently graduated from UGA. She now has three degrees in agriculture and hopes to help farmers in her future careers. She loves cows, Shania Twain, steak, and ice cream.

Alissa

Alissa grew up at Big Sandy Creek Dairy and is currently a student at UGA. She is majoring in engineering and wants to work for NASA. She loves music, science, Queen, and Chick-fil-A.

Leah

Leah grew up at Big Sandy Creek Dairy and is a high school student. She wants to be a doctor one day. She loves soccer, vanilla milkshakes, and The Backstreet Boys.