Produce
We believe in ethical meat. We ensure our animals have a wonderful life, ranging on healthy, biodiverse pasture. Our goats have access to their sheds at night. Our male goat kids and the females we don’t want to keep for milking spend their days suckling from their mums as they roam the farm, and are not moved off the farm until they are at least 30kg. For most, that means they stay on farm until 12-18 months of age.
We produce goat meat and premium aged beef. We sell direct to our customers through the Bream Creek Farmer’s Market (currently suspended during the global pandemic) or by order and pick up at Hobart’s Farmgate Market (we are currently attending every Sunday morning). We are also able to supply outside of these times - either ring, email or message us through Instagram or Facebook to arrange.
Our beef is typically sold as a side (fresh, not frozen), however we do supply packaged cuts at our stall at the Bream Creek Farmers Market (depending on availability).
Our goat and beef at the markets are vacuum packed and frozen. This enables you to store the meat for up to 12 months frozen, but we recommend that you should consume it within 3 days once defrosted.
Goat Meat
The male kids are grown on for meat until they reach an appropriate size, about 12-18 months
Many people are worried about trying goat – they may have had bad experiences in the past, or have heard that the goat is “gamey”. Our goat meat has quite a mild flavour, a bit like lamb but with more “oomph”, and isn’t at all gamey. Goat meat is typically a lean meat (much leaner than lamb), and should be cooked slowly, on a low heat, unless you have a prime cut. Prime cuts should be cooked quickly, like a steak (too much or too little will make the meat tough). Check out the recipes page for more information about how to cook this delicious meat.
Our retail range:
Whole goat - butchered ($18/kg hook weight)
Boned our leg/shoulder roasts ($24/kg)
Shanks ($24/kg)
Neck rosettes ($16/kg)
Backstrap ($38/kg)
Eye Fillet ($40/kg)
Goat chop (whole goat cut into small sizes on the bone $18/kg)
Goat Sausages (subject to availability) - Goat and Beetroot, and a Boerewors-style ($22/kg)
Contact us for wholesale enquiries.
Premium Aged Beef
Mum and calf bonding in the paddock.
We have a small herd of Poll Hereford cows, a few Black Baldies and a Red Angus Bull on the farm. Herefords are renowned for their quiet temperament, hardiness and reliable meat quality. We use a Red Angus Bull, as they have a very placid nature and smaller heads, which leads to easier calving. Easier temperaments and low-stress methods for moving our cattle around the farm makes for calm, happy animals. This makes us happier, but also ensures that we have better quality meat.
Our beef is hung as a side (half a beast) in a cool room for 21 days prior to being butchered. This process enhances the flavour, as water is lost through evaporation from the meat. It also means it freezes better (the cells are dehydrated from the moisture loss so they don't explode when frozen).
We sell our beef directly to our customers as sides, or as specific cuts through our local farmers market. Once the side has been butchered, it is bagged and labelled as to the type of cut, and we deliver it to you. For more information about sides, contact us.
Goat Cheese
Our cheese brand is Tongola Cheese. We have 5 cheeses in our range: Curdy, Capris, Bloom, Zoé and Big B. Head to the Tongola Cheese website for more details.
You can purchase our cheese directly from us at Hobart’s Farmgate Market every Sunday morning, or contact us via socials, phone or email to arrange purchase from us. We can send anywhere in Australia via Express Post.
A bit more about our cheese production:
in line with ethical meat production, we produce ethical cheese. We milk our girls once a day in the morning. Following milking, the Ladies are reunited with their kids, and they go out into the paddocks as a herd where they feed all day. They return to the dairy at dusk, where they received a small amount of grain feed. They are then shedded and sleep on a composting hay floor that keeps them warm at night. The kids have access to their own shed and form a huge snuggle puddle on their own composting hay floor. In the first 2 months of their lives, every morning we give the kids a little goat milk as we cuddle them. This helps to ensure they see humans as friends. And it’s super fun!