Lenah Game Meats of Tasmania

03/09/2026

Finding the right food for a pet with a food allergy can be a challenge. One option is to try a "novel protein", a protein your pet hasn’t been exposed to before.

We’re surprised (and delighted!) by how many of our customers buy our wallaby, venison, possum, hare and rabbit specifically because their dogs or cats need an alternative protein source.

Sometimes, thinking outside the bowl can make all the difference. 🐕🐈

30/08/2026

Carbon. It’s something we all need to get our heads around.
To try and reduce our carbon footprint we can install solar panels, catch public transport or buy an EV but how do we manage the carbon in our diet?

This is where embodied carbon comes in.

Simply put, it’s the greenhouse gas emissions created in producing something, including everything that happens along the way.

For wallaby, that means the emissions associated with harvesting, processing, packing, transporting, retailing and refrigeration.

When you add them all up, wallaby has a very low carbon footprint , but it's not zero. A 2023 analysis calculated 240 grams of carbon per 100 grams of wallaby meat on the supermarket shelf.

That’s why you’ll now find this figure on our wallaby mince packets.

And we suspect it won’t be long before consumers expect, or regulations require, other meat products to declare their carbon footprint too.

We think knowing the numbers is a good thing.

Because if we’re going to make better food choices for the planet, we need to know the embodied carbon content of the foods we buy.

Know your food. Know its footprint.



Photo credit Shane Viper

26/08/2026

# # # Father’s Day orders close tomorrow ❤️

Looking for something **delicious, healthy and ethically sourced** for Dad this Father’s Day?

The online meat order deadline is **tomorrow, Thursday 27 August**.

Tassie game meat that’s good for him, good for the environment and seriously delicious.

**Order online by tomorrow to make sure Dad’s Father’s Day feast is sorted.**

21/08/2026

Fathers Day is just around the corner. We have things for Dad from his taste buds to his toes. For his taste buds - wild harvested venison loin. Seriously delicious — and you’re helping tackle one of Australia’s major introduced pests while you’re at it. That’s a pretty good gift. And for his toes, Wuggs, wallaby-fur Ugg boots made from skins that were historically sent to landfill. Now they’re being turned into something seriously useful (and seriously cosy). That’s circular economy in action
So skip the socks. Skip the novelty mug. 😉
Give Dad something he’ll actually love — from his taste buds to his toes. Get your orders in this week via https://shop.lenah.com.au/collections
https://www.lenah.com.au/products/wild-venison

Help the world. Eat wild venison I am a chef Wild Venison for Chefs All our venison is wild harvested Tasmanian Fallow Deer, widely considered the best there is. It is exceptional quality and in very high demand. A full range of cuts are available including interesting items like necks, ribs and sha...

18/08/2026

Did you know **Lenah** is a Tasmanian Aboriginal name for *wallaby*?

We often talk about the environmental benefits of wild-harvested wallaby, but this blog brings them all together in one place.

From being native to Tasmania and naturally adapted to our landscape, to requiring very little water, producing almost no methane, and making use of a resource that would otherwise go to waste, wallaby is a protein with an impressive environmental story.

In fact, independent analysis found that Lenah wallaby has **between 1/12 and 1/30 of the carbon footprint of beef**, depending on the comparison used.

If you're interested in making more sustainable food choices, this is a great place to start.

Read the full blog to learn why we believe wallaby is one of the most environmentally friendly proteins available.

At Lenah (did you know ‘lenah’ is a Tasmanian Aboriginal name for wallaby?) we rabbit on a lot about the environmental benefits of harvesting wallaby, so much so that sometimes we forget to list them.  So, settle down for a jolly good list. Wallaby is perhaps the most environmentally friendly p...

17/08/2026

Every business has a story. Ours began with a simple question...

**What if Tasmania's wallabies were seen as a valuable, sustainable food resource instead of a pest?**

Thirty years ago, that idea wasn't popular. Wallaby wasn't found in supermarkets or on restaurant menus, and many people couldn't imagine eating it.

But with a vision, a lot of determination, and a belief in producing food from the animals that naturally belong here, Lenah was born.

In this blog, John shares the personal story behind Lenah—how one conversation with a Tasmanian farmer changed the course of his career, why he left his dream job to start the business, and how that original vision continues to guide everything we do today.

It's a story about sustainability, resilience, and celebrating one of Tasmania's truly unique foods.

We'd love you to have a read.

Can I tell you my story (well the bit to do with Lenah anyway, the rest you don’t want to hear, especially the sordid bits).  I’m a 5th generation beef producer and an Agricultural Science graduate.  I’ve worked in the cattle and sheep industries from the NT, through Qld and NSW down to here...

14/08/2026

Did you know that fresh meat isn't meant to be sterile?

What matters is how carefully it's handled—and the steps taken to keep it as clean and safe as possible.

In our latest blog, John takes you behind the scenes at Lenah to show how we monitor hygiene, test our products, and maintain the high standards we're proud of every day.

The results speak for themselves. Independent testing confirmed that our wallaby consistently recorded exceptionally low bacterial levels—well below the benchmark for excellent quality.

It's a great reminder that producing premium wild-harvested meat isn't just about what happens in the field. It's also about the skill, care, and attention to detail of the people who process it.

We're proud of our people and the standards they achieve every day.

Read the full blog to see how we do it.

In the vacuum packaging blog, I explored how vacuum packaging affects bacterial growth. One point worth revisiting is that all raw meat naturally contains some level of bacteria—there’s no such thing as completely sterile fresh meat. The goal in hygienic meat production isn’t to eliminate bact...

13/08/2026

Animal welfare is something we care deeply about at Lenah, and in this blog Katrina shares a little about why.

Growing up on a mixed farm in South Australia, she had a love of animals and an appreciation of both the rewards and realities of farming. Those experiences helped shape the values that continue to guide Lenah today.

In this personal reflection, Katrina explains why respectful use of wild-harvested animals matters to her, why she believes ethical food production starts with respect for the animal, and how those beliefs have influenced the way we do things.

If you'd like to learn a little more about the people and values behind Lenah, we hope you'll enjoy the read. Photo credit Shane Viper
https://www.lenah.com.au/blog/why-we-do-what-we-do-kat

We all have different reasons for doing what we do.For me, the animal welfare ethics of Lenah aren’t a marketing line — they’re personal. They’re stitched into who I am. I grew up on a mixed enterprise farm in the upper south-east of South Australia. I’m a proud crow eater. We ran shorthor...

12/08/2026

At Lenah, we believe great food starts with respect for the animal. That means ensuring animals is harvested with the highest possible welfare standards, by trained and assessed harvesters who follow strict guidelines.

But animal welfare is about more than doing the right thing—it also affects the quality of the meat you bring to your table.

In this blog, we explain how careful harvesting helps produce better eating quality, why stress matters when it comes to meat, and the steps taken behind the scenes before our wallaby reaches your kitchen.
https://www.lenah.com.au/blog/5-benefits-of-wild-harvest-for-you-as-a-chef

If you enjoy knowing the story behind your food, we invite you to have a read.

Our Harvesters have to undergo training in the animal welfare regulations controlling our wallaby harvest. These are detailed in the Federal Government ‘Code of Practice for the Humane Shooting of Kangaroo and Wallaby from Commercial Purposes.’ Before any Harvesters can supply us, they are asses...

10/08/2026

Here’s a controversial question… 👇
Look at these two landscapes.
🌾 One produces wheat, barley, oats, mung beans, soybeans and other plant based crops.
🌿 The other supports native animals like wallabies — alongside cattle and sheep grazing in the landscape.
Which protein production system looks like it supports the most biodiversity?
We’re not pretending this is simple. But perhaps we should be asking a bigger question about the food we eat:
Does producing food always mean replacing nature — or can food production work alongside it?
At Lenah, we think wild harvesting deserves a place in that conversation.
What do you think? 👇