GLENLOTH GAME

Simply Advantaged

We thought it was time for us, the staff, to voice our experiences on the site. So here is one take on our first staff development day back from holidays.

Firstly, it was another reminder in the importance of us seeing the reality behind our produce, the stories generously shared therein, as well as having amazing dialogs with incredibly passionate and proud people. Good people.

Perhaps too, for us, Wednesdays are a reminder that we are exceptionally fortunate to work for such a remarkable owner team. Astrid and Aaron invest in us in a way which can only benefit you our guests. The result of these trips hopefully reflects in our service but above all raises our combined awareness of the genuine people, processes, politics and pride behind what we consume. Besides that, we just really enjoy it. We get to be together in a different environment and it’s just more than simply ‘staff development’.

Our day started at 4:30am, after a selection of home-cooked yummy curries by Astrid followed by board games the night before. Our phone alarms went off in unison throughout our Bendigo encampment. 5am sharp we’re off, towards Wycheproof to visit Glenloth Game (game & fowl grower/caretaker specialists). Adding to that, they run a celebrated abattoir. We arrived at 7.30am for the squab and chicken processing and as we witnessed it can’t be done better, more humanely or with higher ethics constantly in mind. The sentiment at Glenloth is 'damn the buck – let’s just do it right'!!

We also had the opportunity to visit the chicks, the chooks, the wild goats and their two week old kids, this all in an 1874 settled pastoral reminiscent of Fred Williams or Frederick McCubbin.

An enlightening experience!

From all the staff at Loam thank-you, Kate, Ian, Spud, Peter and the team at Glenloth - you do an amazing job!