Don’t know if you have noticed but we have had incidents of theft through people sticking our cheese in their pockets at our shops and now stealing from a truck doing our deliveries. 15 litres of Kefir ready for Leichardt store was stollen last week from the driver’s truck. The driver said last Wednesday. Our shops have been decreasing their orders for our small expensive artisan cheese because customers- or rather non-customers-are sticking a cheese in their bag and not paying for it!
This is affecting our orders and therefore our bottom line as you can imagine. We have to cover losses from trucks. We are asking our supports to tell people they are stealing from the farmer and hardworking people partnering us. There are hardworking people in the middle -not covering their super or wages for themselves. That’s who they effect.
97% 0f employers are small business- and most of them would not be taking a full wage if any at present to get by this difficult time.
At Jannei we produce cheese and products with integrity-honest, clean, edible, wholefood products. Jannei as a farm is covering so many costs already and suffering summer undercutting. Another story. Our dairy has integrity and we tick the boxes as licensed food manufacturers. Yes, it’s tough out there but rest assured we will not compromise our standards.
To those who steal- you know who you are! Dishonesty makes you untrustworthy and you are compromising your integrity as a person- it’s not smart or clever its criminal. We are sure your friends don’t find you a person to trust. Unless it’s in crime?
Thanks to all are good supporters and friends -This is one of my freinds
Kiasa . She caught up with me at a past Mudgee Makers Market. Kiasa is someone I trust and appreciate – hope those people around those who steal tell them they are doing the wrong things.
Freight costs have now impacted Jannei premium raw milk sales dramatically!
Jannei freight partners deliver reliably refrigerated goods to your door. They also let us know it arrived safely. We are a small business working hard to supply a real food product as close to the farm harvest as you can get. We are licensed with the food authority of NSW. Jannei raw milk is a premium brand.
Things are getting dearer but we have RELIABLE PARTNERS. We hope our customers will support us with new leads and ideas- BUT -our best Sydney CBD shops are Wholefood House Woollahra, Cammeray Taste Organic and Unique wholefoods Leichhardt. Turramurra and Enmore Wholefoods. Katoomba Co-op as well deserves a shout out. Support these and you support us. Artisan is not Volume- quality takes passion and integrity which we have plenty of. Customer Bulk Group buying in summer also helps. You reduce costs to you-and we support you by paying the extra freight for any extra freight charges on the extra boxes.
– IGA Springwood was a supportive business for over 20 years -till two weeks ago- Sydney Managers seem to have gone back to tried-and-true policies on volume sales of products -brings safe returns. we do attempt to pick up new shops. We do deliver to the mountains and inner west ourselves on a Tuesday most weeks. Home orders are welcome online.
Dairy logistics are uniquely demanding, requiring temperature‑controlled transport, rapid movement, and strict cold‑chain compliance-keep this in mind- we are no exception-Jannei is licensed and has to cover all the requirements. Remember MILK labelled as Pet milk does not.
Long‑distance milk transport is increasing. This is fact with processors -trucking milk “thousands of kilometres” due to regional supply shortages- factory volume milk has to be heat treated to kill harmful bacteria that enters from these trucks and farms are allowed up to 500,000 plate counts. The Critical control process (CCP)is to kill this potential to grow and be harmful. WITH HEAT -that is pasteurisation. We have to have no ECOLI in our milk- that means plate counts bellow 12,000. Our milk when looked after in harvesting – is bellow 5000 plat count. Its alive and healthy and promotes health at all ages.
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Rising costs for fuel, electricity, labor, and inputs are compounding pressures on smaller dairies. Ours is no exception. We are farmers so we have roots in survival living. It’s a blessing when things get tough because we can pull back and live frugally. Rest assured we are not passing on all the costs and maintaining our profit margins as large volume sellers tend to. It is the policy to cut those out that bring in low profit margins- as a default way of underscoring their viability. So, if we are struggling to stay in a shop and be in your area that is what happens. We appreciate our customers getting leads for us and we can try to touch base with these businesses – but our partners tend to be the ones who go the extra mile and support a specialist small business like themselves.
Ship‑Share makes Licensed raw goat milk delivery affordable with Jannei’s Ship‑Share. Licensed raw goat milk delivery is now affordable with Jannei’s Ship‑Share. Combine 24–60 litres to reduce freight costs and enjoy clean, safe, award‑winning raw goat milk delivered chilled to NSW and Victoria CBD. Our licensed raw goat milk delivery is simple and affordable. For example, ship‑Share lets friends, families, and food clubs combine their order to make raw milk delivery affordable across NSW and Victoria CBD.
Ship‑Share: Save Freight Costs & Get Licensed Raw Goat Milk Delivered This Summer
⭐ How Ship‑Share Works
Gather a few friends, family, or neighbours
Then combine your order into 24–60 litres (2–5 boxes)
Pay milk + freight together
Enjoy fresh, licensed raw goat milk delivered to your CBD location
It’s simple, fair, and keeps our small dairy producing the healthy milk you love. Additionally, We test our milk regularly-to ensure it meets NSW Food Authority standards. As a result, customers receive clean, safe, award‑winning raw goat milk. In addition, sharing freight costs helps every customer save money.
⭐ Freight Costs (Summer Season)
Victoria CBD
5 boxes = 60 litres delivered for about $150
That’s $2.50 per litre freight cost
NSW CBD
5 boxes = 60 litres delivered for about $45
That’s less than $1 per litre freight cost
South Coast, North Coast & ACT
Freight is also around $150 for 5 boxes
Moreover, sharing freight makes licensed raw goat milk delivery surprisingly affordable. Consequently, customers in both NSW and Victoria CBD benefit from lower costs. this makes raw milk delivery surprisingly affordable when shared.
⭐ Licensed Raw Goat Milk — What You’re Getting
Jannei Goat Dairy is fully licensed by the NSW Food Authority to produce raw milk.
Our standards:
Required plate count: below 10,000
Jannei plate count: below 5,000
No E. coli
Clean, safe, healthy milk from our own goats
Selling in Victoria
However, because of Victorian laws:
Milk is fully licensed for human consumption in NSW
In Victoria it must be on‑sold as pet milk
In contrast, Victoria requires raw milk to be labelled as pet milk. Therefore, adding the correct sticker keeps your Ship‑Share group compliant.
You can add a sticker to meet Victorian rules.: “Licensed raw goat milk from NSW. Clean for human consumption in NSW. On‑sold as pet milk in Victoria.”
Real Example: 60 Litres Delivered to Melbourne CBD
We recently calculated freight for Peter in Melbourne:
60 litres delivered for $150 freight
Milk at $16.75 per litre
Delivered cold by our partner refrigerated transport company
This makes licensed raw goat milk affordable for any CBD group order.
⭐ Why Ship‑Share Matters
Ship‑Share helps everyone win:
Customers get access to rare, licensed raw goat milk
Customers share the freight cost
Cheese can be added to the box
Jannei can stay on the farm producing great, healthy milk
Communities support a natural product they care about
It takes passionate people — like you — who want real food and are happy to share the freight cost. It’s not always about money; it’s about everyone getting a win. Consequently, customers in both NSW and Victoria benefit from shared delivery.
⭐ Ready to Organise a Ship‑Share?
Just gather a few friends and prepay: After that add up
Your litres
PLus your share of freight, then place your order for 24–60 litres during our summer season.
Next, gather a few friends and decide on your combined order. Then, simply prepay your litres and freight. Finally, your milk arrives chilled and ready to enjoy. We deliver your milk chilled to your CBD location.
Fresh, licensed raw goat milk delivered to your door — simple, legal, and shared. On the invoice freight will be added separately and if need be, just adjust the figures slightly for your customers. Ultimately, Ship‑Share brings people together to enjoy clean, healthy raw goat milk.
Organise a Ship‑Share -Group Order
Gather a few friends or family
Choose a fortnightly summer order
Select 24–60 litres
Prepay milk + freight
Finally Jannei delivers chilled milk directly to your CBD address. Furthermore, our refrigerated transport keeps your milk fresh on arrival.
How Ship‑Share Saves You Money on Freight
In addition, when you group your order, freight becomes a small add‑on instead of a major cost. You can order 24–60 litres (2–5 boxes) during our summer season and split the freight between your group.
Victoria CBD: 60 litres delivered for about $150 (≈ $2.50 per litre freight)
NSW CBD: 60 litres delivered for about $45 (≈ $1 per litre freight)
South Coast, North Coast & ACT: Freight also approx. $150 for 60 litres
Sharing the order makes premium raw milk accessible for any CBD location.
Cheese can be added to the box at no extra freight cost.
❤️ Why We Offer Ship‑Share
Ultimately Ship‑Share helps everyone win. Because of this you save money, we reduce waste, and our small dairy can stay on the farm producing healthy, natural raw milk. It’s not always about money — it’s about community, passion, and sharing a product people care deeply about. Meanwhile Jannei can stay on the farm producing healthy milk. Which lots of customers say- PLEASE DON’T STOP! Ultimately, Ship‑Share supports small farming and healthy food communities.
Ultimately, ship‑Share supports everyone involved. Everyone has a win by reducing freight and supporting small dairy farming. Because of this, customers can access licensed raw goat milk delivery at an affordable price.
Freight solutions are coming to us! We can deliver up to five boxes for your freight charge -so get some people together and order – we will cover incremental added charges for the extra boxes up to 5-we want to encourage Ship-Sharing-
Our milk is fresh and creamy, and we need to get back to our original core business and get milk out to our customers-
Pennys Cheese shop at Potts point wants to take order too- Freight is higher but bulk will save money in these expensive times! OR get a group together near you and shipping to one home will be more economic- or put orders in with our shops in Sydney-
Order at our partner Shops
Taste Organic Cameray,
Unique Whole Foods Leichardt
Woollahra Whole foods
Enmore Taste Organic
Turramura Whole foods – and help them spread shipping costs and ask for better prices when they get their volumes up in summer –
IGA Springwood near the Post Office
Katomba Co-op
Summer Milk Is here
Jannei Summer is here and selling better volumes will help us get better sustainability and staff to help out -this is a small Aussie Business, and we sell real food no additives – if we could be at every market, you could taste the difference – at market we sell Cheese! White mold Miette and Bent back are available very soon!
Lidsdale Goat Cheese for Sale.Jannei Goat Cheese PlatterJannei products the exception rather than the rule-
Our mums are dropping kids again and we are endevouring to develop and add new services to the farm . With the onset of many cute baby kids about the place we have been thinking we should get our farm walk s, baby cuddles and even some baby bottle feeding established .
Processes!
It will mean a few more things to organise like young farm hands and staff to help with these activities and also continue on at the cellar door with cheese tasting, product purchases and alfresco enjoyment for customers with beverages and snack offerings. picnics available on site for customers booking!
We hope to do these on our normal open days as well as offer special direct bookings for groups looking for a different kind of morning tea experiences.
Services!
So, look out on our web site for our new services and add Ons. There may be a few bumps along the way as we iron out different management issues, but we hope these won’t cause too many dramas. Our aim is to share the blessings God has given us at Jannei with others. Plus provide added income that supports the farms priority focus which was always to supply a quality natural raw milk to our customers, who value wholesome natural products. Jannei is an intensive farm business providing raw milk, raw kefir, cheese and yoghurt.
Full Circle ahead-
Jannei has spent 30 years going full circle from milk to cheese to milk and Kefir. We kept with our raw milk and refined it and our harvesting to the quality it is being appreciated for today. On the way we had to learn to make cheese and we did – we achieved multiple awards, bronze, silver and gold at show levels and national level – to champion awards of shows. When customers buy our cheese along with their raw milk orders, they are helping us sell the excess milk that has been produced in summer months into cheese. The farm is very slow in winter for 3 months sales in cheese help us balance the costs of running all year.
Jannei Delivery Costs
In summer we don’t charge for our packing and packaging and delivery to Sydney- so more in your box’s helps us and gives you good products for consuming. The freight charge goes to our Sydney freight for delivery to homes. Depot to home address alone. Our product sales are the main thing that drive our focus and sustainability. So, remember not everything you eat has to be raw to give you good nutrition. The preservatives and fillers in other foods are far worse than Jannei cheese so have some heathy Jannei product gems in the fridge for the month food plan. Remember they are totally healthy, digestible and award-winning quality.
Jannei Kid Cuties and daffodils-
See our kiddy photos attached – don’t forget to check out our farm experiences. At present it is daffodil and blossom time in the garden it’s always amazing to see the garden come to life and the native birds hanging out – chirping away. Our walk around the farm will provide spots to stop and enjoy the farm life.
Sarah Enjoys one on one with 2024 baby kids.Kids love to say hello and our new trail coming soon will take you to see the bucks and the adorable teenagers.
So sorry to have to tell customers -Just this week we had to send out stock and were told same day the freight would cost an extra $10 to homes. We are out of pocket for last week, so we had to put the freight up this week- no delay. We also do not charge to get boxes to Sydney- and none of the freight money is our charges – so we have also put minimum purchase to $70- most customers do buy this amount and we are thank full. Everyone who comes into our cellar door says the cheese we make is lovely and tasty – one even liked it better than a big supplier to Super markets – That was our Buche Blanc- drizzle it with your own fresh oil and herbs and you get a bargain-So please try our cheese in your box too.
These are difficult times as we rely on our door-to-door sales and our direct customer sales. Jannei farm is just coming into full milk supply, and the product raw milk is in demand but the charges and extra cost happening now may prove a testing point yet again.
So that’s the heads up – hope everyone can still support us and our unique exclusive product- real food that’s healthy for everyone.
We sent in 5 products and gained five awards. Not a bad effort. Jannei has won three silver medals and two bronzes at the Royal Easter show Cheese and Dairy Awards -You could say a CHEESE SHOW SUCCESS! Every cheese gained an award. Our milk just missed by half a point for Gold. Two cheeses missed out by one point for Gold’s .2 more missing out by 2 points for another two Golds- Ho Hum the elusive gold it seems – but not a bad overall result for our small ARTISAN Dairy.
Artisan – Can artisan made really be compared to preservative and sugar loaded counterparts?
We don’t think so, but we are biased and glad to be still up amongst what is classed as the best. Real food cannot really be categorized like other long-lasting preservative loaded and sugar added products. Our cheese enzymes are alive and developing each day even after purchase so to pick the premium age or to have the exact description on a label is difficult. To get that fine tuning on points for awards. Time is needed and all the rest that goes with entering awards these days. And we are busy!
Real flavour -rewards!
We do unique, healthy produce (cheese, yoghurt, Milk and Kefir!) and that’s not always seen and credited in an award. Glad to be represented again though at the SYDNEY ROYAL CHEESE SHOW. Please support and order our cheese online so we can keep upgrading our labels and hiring staff to train and support the business. We know there are things we can do to present our product well. Awards are judged on labelling as well as cheese. Also, time to have stock just right in ripening is tricky with small batches. Our cheese, you can ripen at home or at the restaurant to suit your customers- Real flavour -rewards. We sell all our own products direct now as we need to be the first tier in marketing- no delays, no swapping out our products – no customers not knowing who we are and how hard we work.
Here are some pictures that show our cheese at various places and stages of production. An old picture with Mike Whitney.
Jannei is sending down our fresh pressed curd-the- Buche Noir to the 2026 RAS EASTER SHOW DISTRICT DISPLAY. This is where all the districts of NSW showcase their harvest for the awards and display- in the main pavilion. Always a popular display with the public because it’s all about getting together as communities.
Jannie’s Buche Noir is a lovely creamy fresh pressed cheese. The Buche Noir stores in the fridge for two months. Our customers however mostly say- ” It’s not going to last that long!” The Buche Noir is available online and at Jannei cellar door and sales. Also seek it out at Pennys Cheese Shop at Potts Point.
Thanks to the organisers-
A thanks goes to Stuart Muller who will be runs around gathering stock every year. Then the team doing lots of organising to make this special event and a success. Also praying that rain so badly needed, brings in a good display. OOps answered!
2026 RAS EASTER SHOW-ALL OUR ENTRIES
Jannei is also entering four products in the Dairy and Cheese main dairy judging show. 2026 RAS EASTER SHOW here we go again! Jannei cheese is entered in the Non-Bovine Dairy Awards Section. This year we have sent our Raw Milk, Miette, Lidsdale and Fresh Curd for the 2026 RAS judging. The judging is this weekend in fact and winners are announced later in February online and showcased in March at the 2026 RAS EASTER SHOW.
Dairy Awards 2026 RAS
The Dairy Awards are professionally judged, often by international Judges. The show society committee for this event does an excellent job. This is where we have trialed a lot of our cheese styles over the last 30 years as small batch Artisan Cheesemakers. We are entered this year as always in the non-bovine awards section. Which can at times be quite a feat to win, when the non-bovine awards include any mixes of milk with cow’s milk, as well as all the animal breeds.
NON-BOVINE VARIETY WHAT FUN?
Goat Milk, Camel Milk, Sheep Milk and Buffalo Milk are all the standard non-Bovine. We always wonder what will turn up next though. Totally a mixed bag of cheese and dairy when you add all the styles made from these milks -producers are creating so many varied dairy products often to be judged together. What fun!
GOING TO THE RAS 2026 SHOW?-
We hope you enjoy this year’s show everyone. Whatever attracts you there we pray it’s a safe and encouraging time for you and a great community gathering for the 2026 RAS SHOW. We are one country with people from many different backgrounds. We all call Australia HOME so let’s keep that in the forefront of our minds. Go see the district displays and please vote for the WESTERN DISTRICTS! Jannei at 2026 RAS SHOW TIME -YEH!
That’s what is on the brain this January. Welcome everyone to 2026- Our deliveries to customers commence again this coming week. How we manage to get away from the farm is a testament to pure will power. Seeing family on these special occasions is important to us. Friends also, but guess what everyone is busy doing the same so not always easy. As always if having a break is still on the agenda for you we pray you stay safe .
Our dairy shop times are back to normal from today. We are planning to do repairs and maintenance on the farm if quiet , so bookings help us plan. Use our booking site if you want to visit for a cheese tasting. See our web site for information on shops we deliver to weekly and remember you can bulk order in summer.
Remember we do have beverages and small cheese plates to enjoy. +You can let the kids stretch their legs and have fun seeing the goat kids and our friendly dogs. We have clean amenities on site . Entrance to our amenities and shop have disabled access. Dogs visiting have to be on a leash.
Celebrate this Christmas or any festive occasion with our Jannei Artisan Cheese on the menu. We will send a selection of our amazing fresh hand made cheese to you door- you can purchase you crackers – all in the box will be farm made – added preserves for a surprise – Janette makes wonderful gourmet treats to go with our cheese that are always on the move with farm produce –
In the pack you will receive cheese to the value of your purchase and more – We will pack from our range – (not all )Buche Noir 150gm and Buche Blanc 150gm, a Fresh 200 gm Curd , Bent Back, Prairie Cream , Chevrotin- Miette and a marinated Jannei fetta. Choose Sundried Tomato, Chilli or Mountain Valley Herb. Ricotta , plain fetta – specify any you prefer.
Neils Prairie Cream – a camembert style cheese and available at this time of year and also his semi hard waxed and aged chevrotin. The Lidsdale has fantastic long pallet flavour now at 12mths old. You can write in the notes if you have preferences in style – matured or fresh-
Guaranteed you will have plenty of delicious cheese treats for Christmas.
Delivery will be added as normal as you checkout, cost depending on your destination. Farm pick-up can be ticked and no freight is charged. You need to write in the notes the day you will pick up. We are open Thursday to Saturday and Monday .
Pick the marinated flavoured cheese you want in the notes if you have a preference.
Please note if we fall short of any product we will replace it with an equivalent product it will be a great surprise, all Jannei products stand out in taste and quality. Preserves -At present we have Red Pepper jelly- mild heat ; Caramelised Onion,;Quince Paste ; Grape Syrup and farm Strawberry Jam. Onion and capsicum relish and Farm vegetable relish .
You can pre -order and request a delivery date . This will help with our making and stocking for Christmas or any delivery date!
