Bruny Island and the Huon Valley are home to our cheesemaking, brewing and farming. We care deeply about the places and communities around us.
Our approach is guided by respect for the environment and for the people who live here. We aim to make considered choices at every stage of our business, from production and farming to welcoming visitors.
Many people travel to experience Bruny Island. We want to share our island and way of life thoughtfully, while making a positive contribution to the community.
These commitments shape how we put that into practice.
Our approach is guided by respect for the environment and for the people who live here. We aim to make considered choices at every stage of our business, from production and farming to welcoming visitors.
Many people travel to experience Bruny Island. We want to share our island and way of life thoughtfully, while making a positive contribution to the community.
These commitments shape how we put that into practice.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Our cheese and beer production is located on Bruny Island, in southern Tasmania. Bruny Island is highly regarded for its natural, rugged beauty. Our operation on Bruny Island has been designed to minimise power and water inputs. The waste water is treated onsite and recycled as irrigation water. The main by-products of our cheese and beer production are whey and spent grain, both of which are captured and used as nutritional feed for pigs at our farm.
Our dairy at Glen Huon sits along the beautiful Huon River.
We operate our farm completely transparently and welcome visitors to come and engage with our approach to agriculture and question us about our philosophy.
THE COMMUNITY
Bruny Island is a remote island of 800 residents. As one of the larger businesses on Bruny Island, we take seriously our responsibility to understand the nature of living and working on a place like Bruny Island and to contribute positively to our community without exploiting it. We do this in many ways, some obvious and some more subtle.
We are sensitive to the complexities of running a business where others choose to live and support the wish of the local community to keep Bruny Island as unspoilt as possible.
THE ECONOMY
We directly support the local economy by preferentially employing and training local residents and by deliberately choosing to work with local businesses and by supporting local causes wherever possible. We are passionate Tasmanians and promote our region wherever we go. The combined efforts of our business have contributed greatly to the local economy and we are proud of this contribution.
We have moved some of our cheesemaking to the Huon Valley. As we further develop our farm and start to welcome visitors, we look forward to adding value to the Huon Valley community and economy in a similar way to how we have contributed to Bruny Island.
