Creamery This page first published: Feb 24, 2004 · Updated: Jun 24, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · Creamery is a term used to describe a company that buys milk from farmers to make dairy products, such as cheese. This term is contrasted with “farmhouse”, which means that a farmer uses milk from his/her own herd to make dairy products with.