Herds and Curds

Herds and Curds episodes:

• 01.02.2021

  Carmen's mini goat farm in Arbois, the Jura, France

  This is the first show in our summer summer special series on @3crmelbourne featuring our very own Carmen chatting about her new goat farming venture in France on the edge of beautiful Arbois, Jura. For more photos and videos head over to instagram @herdsandcurds

  
• 01.04.2020

  Artisan farmhouse cheese makers of Georgia, Part 3 - Diana's home made goats cheese and Therese from the Melbourne Georgian Choir

  In this month's episode Lea wraps up her three part series on artisan farmhouse cheese makers of Georgia in conversation with Diana Vacheishvili who lives in a stunning gorge near viallge Arteni, Kartli with her winemaking partner Nika Vacheishvili. With their small...

  
• 11.30.2019

  Artisan farmhouse cheesemakers of Georgia Part 2: Tina and Robison on making guda in Tusheti.

  This month”s Herds and Curds is the second part of a three part series on Georgian farmhouse cheesemakers. Lea is in conversation with Tina and Robison Lagazidze at their farm in the Caucasus mountain range in Tusheti. Tina and Robison...

  
• 11.02.2019

  Artisan farmhouse cheesemakers of Georgia, Part 1- Sopo and Leo of Marleta Farm

  This is the first in a two part series on Georgian farmhouse cheesmakers.In this episode Lea is in conversation with Georgian artisan cheesmakers, Sopo Gorgadze and Leo Tsaguria of Marleta Farm in Shalauri village near telavi, Kakheti.

  
• 10.05.2019

  Alison Lansely on the work of the Australian Specialist Cheesemakers' Association

  Carmen chats to Australian Specialist Cheesemakers' Association Secretary, Alison Lansely about the role of the organisation and how it supports the work of Australian artisan and specialist cheesemakers.

  
• 08.31.2019

  Ivan Larcher - cheesemaking trainer extraordinare!

  In this epsiode we feature Carmen in conversation with French cheese consultant Ivan Larcher. Ivan has over 20 years of incredibly varied experience in the dairy industry, from the big business of cultures to running his own microdairy. Ivan has...

  
• 08.03.2019

  Searching for simplicity in Gippsland with low input farmer Rob Monk

  In this week's epsiode Carmen heads to Gippsland to gasbag with low input dairy farmer Rob Monk of Viking Fleckvieh. You can check out some beautiful photos of the little known fleckvieh cows and stunning farm on Instagram @vikingfleckvieh

  
• 07.13.2019

  Carmen in conversation with her granny Eva Bateson about her life as a dairy farmer.

  This week we feature a great conversation between Carmen and her grandma Eva Bateson. We are proud to bring you the story of Eva Bateson and her life as a dairy farmer in Gippsland. It's a rare treat to hear...

  
• 06.01.2019

  Will Studd and the battle for raw milk cheese, part 2

  Join us for part 2 of our conversation with Will Studd where we hear about Will's lengthy battle to have the importation and production of raw milk cheeses accepted by regulatory authorities in Australia.

  
• 05.04.2019

  Will Studd and the fight for raw milk cheese - Part 1

  This month on Herds and Curds, Carmen and Leanne chat to raw milk cheese advocate Will Studd about his life in cheese. This is a two part special. Part 2 will continue to follow Will's campaign for Australia to follow international...

  
• 04.06.2019

  Do goats dream? Carmen heads to the Macedon Ranges to find out

  Carmen heads just north of Melbourne to the beautiful Macedon Ranges to chat to Sarah Azjner of Dreaming Goat Dairy about starting up her small goat farm and cheese production.Follow Herds and Curds on Instagram @herdsandcurds

  
• 03.02.2019

  The sheep sure do have a grand view in Tassie

  In this month's Herds and Curds we continue our exploration of farmhouse cheeses in Tassie as Carmen chats to Nicole Gilliver of Grandvewe Cheeses about the joys and hard yakka involved in sheep farming and cheesemaking.Instagram:  @grandvewecheeses

  
• 02.02.2019

  Carmen visits Tassie and finds a wonderful farmhouse goats cheese

  Herds and Curds on tour in Tas. Carmen recently visited kate and Ian Field of Tongola Cheese and recorded  this conversation on site. It'sd a wonderful insight into their farming methods, thier relationship with their goats and life as farmhouse...

  
• 12.01.2018

  Australian Specialist Cheese Association panel discussion - Reinventing Farmhouse Cheese

  This month's Herds and Curds features an excerpt of an event organised by the Australian Specialist Cheese Association (ASCA) that took place at Calendar Cheese earlier in the year. The event titled Revinventing Farmhouse Cheese bought together Bronwen and Francis...

  
• 11.03.2018

  Carmen Bateson's 2018 cheese making season on alpage with her small herd of goats

  Leanne chats to Carmen in France having recently decended the Swiss mountains following her 2018 season on aplage with her small herd of ten goats. In this epsiode we go into more depth about Carmen's daily life with the goats, her cheesemaking...

  
• 10.06.2018

  Corinne Blacket, Drysdale's farmhouse cheesemaker, loves her goats

  Don’t miss listening to Corinne’s passion for her animals, her production and her lo-fi work practices; a truely beautiful little exploration of her life as a farmhouse cheese maker in Drysdale, Bellarine Peninnsula.To find out more check out drysdalecheeses.com

  
• 09.01.2018

  Rachel Needoba and her micro-dairy in Gippsland

  This month on Herds and Curds we chat to Rachel Needoba about her Gippsland micro dairy and discover the process of making handmade unhomogenised milk and yoghurt from a local Fleckvieh herd.To find out more check out Rachel's Instagram Butterfly...

  
• 08.05.2018

  Holy Goat farmhouse cheese makers Ann-Marie and Carla discuss life on the farm

  This week Carmen and Leanne talk to Ann-Marie and Carla of Holy Goat Cheese about their journey to becoming world class farmhouse cheese makers and life and work on their Sutton Grange organic farm.

  
• 08.04.2018

  Farmhouse cheese makers Ann-Marie and Carla discuss life on the farm in Sutton Grange

  This week Carmen and Leanne talk to Ann-Marie and Carla about their journey to becoming world class farmhouse cheese makers and life and work on their Sutton Grange organic farm.To find out more check out Holy Goat Cheese.

  
• 06.30.2018

  Carmen Bateson and the road to farmhouse cheese making

  Leanne McLean steps into the wilds with Carmen Bateson extrapolating the whys and hows of her incredible journey from inner city Melbourne to the Swiss Alps where she now spends the northern summers herding goats and making her very own...