About
Joe and Antonia Gretschmann have been organic dairy farmers and cheesemakers in the small town of Moltema, outside Launceston, for more than 30 years. Bavarian by birth, they turned their Tasmanian farm fully organic and set about bringing back the old ways — milling flour, baking bread and making butter, yoghurt and cheese from scratch. Their cows graze with their calves by their sides on meadows of rich, varied pasture, and the milk, cream and yoghurt are made fresh each week and packed in returnable glass, while the award-winning cheese is matured in an underground cellar.
How to buy
- Farmers' markets every weekend: Harvest Market Launceston, Saturdays 8.30am–12.30pm (71 Cimitiere Street); Farm Gate Market Hobart, Sundays 8.30am–1pm (Bathurst Street).
- Stockists: see the where-to-buy list at elgaarfarm.com.au.
- Contact them directly via the website for wholesale and stockist enquiries.
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