GOAT

Meredith Dairy, located in Meredith, Victoria, roughly 100km west of Melbourne, specializes in sheep and goat milk production and cheesemaking. Originally Meredith focused on lamb and wool production, but when the sheep industry collapsed in the 1990’s, owners Sandy and Julie Cameron decided to look for an alternative farming business. In two years, after researching animal husbandry, sheep and goat milk production and cheesemaking, the dairy factory was built on the farm. The Cameron family aim to value-add and utilize all farm product and focus heavily on environmentally friendly and sustainable farming. The cheeses and yogurt are made with the milk collected that morning, the grains grown on the farm are feed for the dairy animals, and the straw their bedding. Cheese whey is fed to cattle and the manure is a fertilizer for the farm soil.