Meadow Gold Dairies, originally the Dairymen's Association when it was formed in 1897 from the combination of seven dairy businesses, is a dairy company operating in Hawaii. Beatrice Foods purchased the company in 1953. In 1959 the company's name was changed to Meadow Gold Dairies. In 1964 Waimea dairy was acquired and in 1966 Greenwell Dairy was acquired. In 1986 Beatrice Foods acquired Meadow Gold Dairies. Additional acquisitions of dairies took place in the following years and in recent decades the ice cream manufacturing plant was closed. The company became part of Dean Foods in 2001.