walid abdul wahab headquarters santa monica california products camel milk website desert farms desert farms is a company that sells camel milk products . it was the first american company to retail camel milk commercially . contents 1 history 2 camel milk 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in january 2014 by walid abdul wahab in santa monica california . 1 the project was initially developed as an educational project at usc by abdul wahab while he was a student there after a visit to saudi arabia . it also received support from the usc marshall school of business start up accelerator in july 2014 . the initial stores that sold the milk were located in texas california and ohio . 2 3 4 it is also sold online . 5 the company was the first to offer retail camel milk for sale in the united states . 6 the slogan for the company is make everyday a hump day . 1 according to time magazine the product was sold across forty whole foods locations in california . 7 camel milk edit desert farms camel milk is sold in both pasteurized and unpasteurized forms . 8 it is also sold in a kefir yogurt drink form . 9 the unpasteurized form is sold in frozen form and needs defrosting before consumption . the camel milk sold by desert farms is produced in the midwest where the camels are largely raised by amish farmers on gmo free pastures . 1 the product has purported anti inflammatory properties from its vitamin make up . 10 camel milk is also more easily digested by lactose intolerant individuals . 11 see also edit list of dairy product companies in the united states references edit a b c laura secorun palet july 23 2014 . camel milk ... really . ozy . retrieved july 24 2014 . saudi establishes camel milk firm in california . arab news . july 2 2014 . retrieved july 24 2014 . entrepreneurs aiming to launch finance or grow startups join accelerator at lloyd greif center for entrepreneurial studies . july 21 2014 . retrieved july 24 2014 . mary macvean march 14 2014 . natural products expo west harvests snacks discusses labeling . los angeles times . retrieved july 24 2014 . camel milk . wall street journal . retrieved july 25 2014 . becca haley park april 22 2014 . camel milk now available for purchase in us . culture magazine . retrieved july 24 2014 . nicks denver june 13 2014 . camel milk is a thing and costs 18 a bottle . time . lauren rothman may 19 2014 . amish farmers are milking camels for your health . vice . retrieved july 24 2014 . dairy review desert farms raw camel milk kefir . trend monitor . april 24 2014 . retrieved july 24 2014 . matt cantor june 9 2014 . is camel milk the health drink of the future . fox news . retrieved july 24 2014 . matteo colombo february 6 2014 . vendere latte di cammella negli usa . the post internazionale . retrieved july 24 2014 . external links edit desert farms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title desert farms & oldid 744083869 categories 2014 establishments in californiacamel productsdrink companies of the united statesdairy products companies of the united statescompanies based in santa monica california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 00 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view