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Millstream Meadows Small-scale farm dedicated to using sustainable, ecological systems and reconnecting people with their food origins.

With our delicious diced pork now in stock, it seemed like the perfect time to share a recipe that I love to make on tho...
21/10/2026

With our delicious diced pork now in stock, it seemed like the perfect time to share a recipe that I love to make on those days when you want something quick and easy to feed hungry bellies!

Simple ingredients that pack a powerful flavour punch.

I'd love to share the link with you but now meta wants to charge us US$49.99 a month for the privilege of including links on up to 8 posts a month!

So instead, just head to our website and go to "Inspiration and Ideas" and "Recipes".

Have you got a recipe that you are willing to share? Send it through to us with a photo and we'll add it to the website to share the love!

PASTURE-RAISED PORK BACK IN STOCKIf you've never tried pasture-raised pork, you are missing out!This pork is probably th...
20/10/2026

PASTURE-RAISED PORK BACK IN STOCK

If you've never tried pasture-raised pork, you are missing out!

This pork is probably the best we've ever produced - packed with flavour that simply doesn't exist in factory farmed pork (ie. supermarket and most butchers).

Head to www.millstreammeadows.com.au to place your order for pickup in Ravenshoe or delivered to your door across Cairns, Port Douglas and the Tablelands.

A roller-coaster of emotions today.The day started early at the butcher packing up pork ready for sale.Then we had to ra...
19/10/2026

A roller-coaster of emotions today.

The day started early at the butcher packing up pork ready for sale.

Then we had to race home and round up the first two of our own cattle to be transported to the abattoir. A bitter-sweet moment as we've been raising these cattle for a couple of years and it has been long awaited but also sad to say goodbye - especially to one of my favourites.

While rounding those two up, we discovered that Caramilk had given birth while we were out to this beautiful baby boy.

Now seeing as we have the space theme for names and his mother has a chocolate name, we are thinking either Galaxy (UK chocolate brand) or Milky Way unless you have better suggestions!

UPDATE: we decided to go with Mars - thanks to those who suggested it!

Just when you think you are going to have a nice peaceful morning, the farm decides otherwise!Red managed to lose her fo...
16/10/2026

Just when you think you are going to have a nice peaceful morning, the farm decides otherwise!

Red managed to lose her footing on a bank (we think) and ended up in the creekbed with a lot of bumps and bruises.

The way she landed was a bit awkward and because her leg took the brunt of the fall, she couldn't get up.

Mira (her calf) refused to leave her side but was very hungry because she couldn't get to Red's udder.

We fed Mira, dug out a ramp in the creek bank and winched Red up onto a flat spot on the bank.

She almost managed to get up but not quite so she's got shade, hay, molasses and water while she rests up.

Hopefully a good nights sleep will give her the energy she needs to get up.

Send healing vibes for a speedy recovery!

14/10/2026

Unlikely playmates but when you can't play with your own species, you have to make do!

With Hope's leg healing up well, her days of living in our house are numbered!This afternoon she had her first introduct...
13/10/2026

With Hope's leg healing up well, her days of living in our house are numbered!

This afternoon she had her first introduction to the herd.

She wasn't quite sure what to make of it all and they were all very interested in who this newbie is.

It will be a little longer before Hope can properly join them in the paddock but starting to get them all used to each other is important to ensure she doesn't get bullied when she does as goats can be very rough when enforcing the hierarchy on little ones.

13/10/2026

Want to know where your meat comes from?

Everything we sell is:
✅ Local (we can tell you exactly where on the Tablelands it came from)
✅ Frozen on the day it is butchered for maximum freshness
✅ Raised ethically using minimal chemical inputs (feel free to ask for specifics)
✅ Supporting local Tablelands producers and businesses

Simply order online at www.millstreammeadows.com.au and select whether you want local pickup in Ravenshoe or delivery to your door in Cairns, Port Douglas or Atherton Tablelands

Currently in stock:

✅ Grass fed grass finished beef
✅ Pasture-raised lamb
✅ Greedy Goat Homestead Sauces & Vinaigrettes
✅ Raw, untreated bush honey

Got questions? Feel free to give us a call on 0400 358 002.

07/10/2026

I've kept this one quiet but I've another house guest for the last couple of weeks.

We recently had 2 sows give birth to a total of 11 piglets within a few days of each other and for some unknown reason, both sows refused to feed the piglets. They are both proven mothers but unfortunately not this time.

Piglets are not that easy to raise by hand, especially if they don't get Mum's colostrum within 4-6 hours of birth.

Unfortunately, despite my round the clock efforts, this little girl is the sole survivor of both litters.

She is doing well (even though she had been stood on receiving a head wound) and I'm hopeful that we can start transitioning her to solids and have her back out in the paddock in another 10 days or so.

In the meantime, she needs a name!

So let us know your suggestions and yes - we like food names for our pigs but we've already used a lot of the names so get inventive!

06/10/2026

Hope Update

Once she started getting the energy and enthusiasm that is typical of young goat kids, Hope encountered a new issue...

It turns out that she sustained an injury in her first couple of days of life (before I picked her up) where her skin on her leg had been lifted but then fell back into place and healed up as a scab with hair on it which hid it.

Once she started leaping around like all goat kids do, she tore the scab open which was obviously painful and very raw so she stopped weight bearing on that leg.

Despite doing our best to keep it clean, it started to turn a little nasty so she ended up at the vet and is now fully bandaged up with the joint immobilised just in case there's a fracture. It's healing up well and we expect her to make a full recovery.

Obviously Hope is not letting it stop her and is regularly insisting on zoomies to burn off some energy.

Hope wants to remind you to stop and smell (or eat) the flowers!Lucky she's cute 😍
01/10/2026

Hope wants to remind you to stop and smell (or eat) the flowers!

Lucky she's cute 😍

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