Food producers

The watermill of the Krape Estate is found on the Lobe River in the Ogre Administrative District.  Owners offer tours of the mill so that you can learn how the old mill operates.  You can stroll along the banks of the river or learn about plants in the meadow.  There are places for tenting, but the main operation here is the production of elixirs from meadow plants, production of soy wax candles, production of etheric oils and hydrolats, a well as growing trout and African catfish that can be viewed during the season.  A new thing is SPA services with floating, a halotherapy salt beach and an aromatherapy steam system.

Floating is a unique way to boost your health.  You’ll be dipped into a warm magnesium salt solution, which will allow your body to relax completely in physical, emotional and intellectual terms.  The solution (MgSO4) is very concentrated, and it has a temperature of +37C, which is body temperature.  That’s what makes the procedure so relaxing.  Your body will not sink because of the concentration of salt, and you will float above it like bobber.  You will relax all of your tendons and possibly compressed nerves.  Your limbs will “oil up.”  Your body will receive a very necessary dose of magnesium through your skin.

You can also take part in baking KrapesKrepes crepes – home baked crepes made of milk from one neighbouring homestead and eggs from another neighbouring homestead.  You can also prepare a meal on a Himalayan salt board
 

This is a farmers’ market with direct links between farms, homesteads and consumers.  Use your five senses at the Imanta Market, and you will realise that you are in a place where the flavours of Latvia’s regions intermingle.

The farm features twelve friendly horses from Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus, as well as three eager dogs of various species, along with rabbits, chickens, cows and cats. Here you will feel the true country spirit in four adjoining farms – Klajumi, Ganiņi, Ķemeri and Krasti. The location is near the “Rings of the Daugava” Nature Park, and you can go horseback riding along the border between Latvia and Belarus.

Latvian cuisine: Schnitzel of mushrooms, potato dumplings with dried mushrooms or meat, cream sauce and onions, baked chanterelles with new potatoes, sautéed vegetables and mushrooms, strawberries with ice cream, moonshine liquor.

Special foods: Cranberry fool a la Klajumi

The farm produces candies, marmalades, syrups and other goodies from quince. During the season, chicken eggs can be purchased. The farm has bred wild horses since 2002, and these can be viewed with the assistance of a guide.

This is a farm which popularises Latvian lives, organises traditional rituals, and provides guests with tasty country foods such as porridge, dumplings, pierogi and pastries made of grain and roughly ground flour that are produced at the farm itself. You can purchase teas, herbs and country goodies.

Latvian cuisine: Soups, porridges, desserts, pierogi, sheet cakes and country tortes.

Special foods: Dumplings made of roughly ground whole wheat flour with cottage cheese and bacon.

The farm produces hemp from which it produces hemp butter, roughly ground seeds, as well as hemp oil. The granary, which is 101 years old, features antique instruments once used to process hemp fibres. Visitors can taste and purchase delicious products and take an exciting tour which speaks to the history of hemp farming.

Latvian cuisine: Rough and fine hemp spread, hemp sandwiches, pressed and toasted hemp crumbs, hemp oil.

SIA "Nordcrunch" ir pašmāju ražotājs, kas iepērk Latvijā audzētus bio pilngraudu rudzu un auzu miltus, kaņepju un zirņu miltus. No šīm izejvielām tiek gatavotas garšīgas un veselīgas brokastu pārslas, kā arī veselīgas un garšīgas uzkodas. Bio produkti, uzkodas u.c. produkti - tā ir gurmānu nākotne! 

Pie ražotnes izveidotajā veikala un degustāciju zālē visa gada garumā  ir plaša iespēja dažādiem pasākumiem-degustācijām, semināriem un konferencēm, akustiskiem priekšnesumiem, meistarklasēm u.c.

Uzņēmuma atrašanās vieta ir neparasta - "Nākotnes Industriālais parks", netālu no Jelgavas. Tas sevī ietver Seno mantu krātuvi, Heliportu ar uzpildes staciju, skaistu ābeļdārzu fotosesijām un āra pasākumiem, plašu teritoriju dažādām aktivitātēm, spēlēm, piknikiem, naktsmītnēm, telts vietām, kemperu novietni u.c.  Iespējams, Zemgale pārsteigs un iepriecinās pavisam negaidītos veidos!

Darbalaiks darba dienās 09:00 - 17:00. Brīvdienās un svētku dienās, tikai iepriekš saskaņojot. Apmeklējums iepriekš jārezervē.

The Baltās anemones centre is in a lovely place on the right bank of the Lielupe River near Mežotne.  The lowlands feature a guesthouse with a lovely look at cliffs on the left bank of the river and dolomite cliffs on the right bank.  Along the river are fields of vegetables, including pumpkins, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, beets, potatoes and herbs, along with a fruit and berry garden.  The lady of the house will offer products for sale, as well as an informative tour of the fields.

Brantu manor is located in Smiltene county, Brantu parish. The manor was built in the 19th century, currently it is managed by Ilze Briede, who is a well-known bread baker in Latvia, and Nauris Zutis - the owner of "Pirts skola" ("Sauna school").
The manor offers workshops with hostesses, excursions, Latvian traditional meals and "Pirts skola" workshop, which includes visit to the sauna, herbal ABC, herbal scrub, tea workshops and "Pirtsslota" ("Bath broom") workshop.
Brantu manor also offers various camps for the whole family, to learn about the Latvian way of life and perception of the world.

The wooden building was erected in the late 19th century and features a museum which demonstrates the way in which people lived more than 100 years ago.  Exhibits include household objects, the Rucava folk costume, socks and decorated mittens.  Various events involving discussions, singing, games, dancing and weaving are organised, as are cultural and educational programmes such as “Evening Activities” and “A Rucava Banquet” with local foods from lower Kurzeme.

Latvian cuisine: Buns, sourdough porridge, homemade bread, honey, herbal teas.

The “Upenite” country house is located on the southern shore of Lake Ciritis. This farm nurtures Lettigalian traditions, serves Lettigalian foods, produces dairy products (including cheeses), grows local plants (which you can purchase), and offers a chance to visit a proper Lettigalian black sauna. The owners themselves will serve as the sauna masters. Master’s classes in the baking of tortes are offered.
Latvian cuisine: Farmer’s soup, potato dumplings, potato sausages (grated green potatoes with dried pork and onions), black currants with whipped cream, caraway seed sticks, herbal teas, cottage cheese with cream, curdled milk pancakes.
Special foods: Oven-baked carp or tench from the local pond.

“Jaunparkas” atrodas Zaļenieku pagastā, skaistā un ainaviskā vietā blakus Zaļās muižas parkam un Zaļenieku šūpoļparkam. Saimniecība nodarbojas ar biškopību un augļkopību.

Apskates saimniecība piedāvā:

• ekskursiju pa saimniecību un stāstu par biškopību;
• medus un bišu produktu degustāciju;
• bišu gultas namiņa pakalpojumus;
• vaska sveču liešanas un vaska drāniņu meistarklases.

Uzņemam individuālos apmeklētājus un  grupas līdz 20 personām. Obligāta iepriekšējā pieteikšanās.

On the third Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 13:00 the Green market takes place in Gulbene, where there are gathered outworkers, craftsmen and farmers from different districts of Latvia. There are offered goods made by the outworkers, seasonal vegetables and fruit, as well as beauty and design products, including other useful household and pretty goods.

This venue produces homemade fruit, berry and dandelion wine from local products and with no preservatives, as well as interesting products such as spicy plum sauce and fruit and berry conserves. Groups of tourists can go on a tour and taste and purchase the products.

The farm produces mixes involving seeds from various plants – ones which are very healthy in terms of human nutrition. Visitors will hear stories, purchase products and taste hemp pancakes. The tour takes place at the “Mazais Ansis” saloon.

This company is proud of more than 100 years of history.  Today it is the third largest cheese manufacturer and sixth largest dairy processing company in Latvia. It partners with some 150 Latvian providers of high-quality milk.  Smiltenes Dairy is the only one to manufacture “Latvian Cheese.”  The company’s products have been awarded the “Green Teaspoon” award.  Smiltenes Dairy exports products to five countries in the world and has a nearby store where you can purchase its products.

The farm breeds fallow deer and trout, grows vegetables and fruit. Visitors can see the deer and wild boar, taste berries and fruits directly from the garden, participate in creative workshops and cooking master classes called "Izgaršo dzīvi". The hostess combines the regional culinary heritage traditions of Kurzeme region and contemporary cuisine. The food is prepared on live fire, using the deer, trout and vegetables from the farm. The host is a winemaker who makes every bottle with great care. Guests can enjoy tastings and stories in the romantic wine cellar.

Here you will learn about the history and cultural heritage of the Liv people of Vidzeme.  Tour the museum and enjoy once characteristic foods from the region – special porridge and a strong alcoholic beverage brewed in accordance with ancient recipes.  If your group wishes to do so, it can take part in the baking of rye bread in a true country oven.

The farmwoman grows vegetables and fruits to produce tasty preserves, syrups, jams, chutneys and dried fruit. You can taste and purchase the products, go on a tour of an escargot farm, and taste escargots cooked in the Burgundy style. Children’s camps can be organised.

This is basically a grain farm, but in 2006 it also began to work as a dairy farm.  In 2008, the farm began to produce cheese and cottage cheese.  The farm has more than 200 dairy cows, using the milk to produce milk, yogurt, cheese and ice cream.

Winner of the first bakery contest in baking rye bread according to a traditional recipe using wholegrain rye-flour milled in Sangaste Mill.

Mazs vietējais uzņēmums, kas ražo dažādus gardumus no ogām, augļiem un dārzeņiem. Interesenti tiek aicināti iegriezties ražotnē, lai iegādātos dažādus interesantus saldumus vai nobaudītu pašu gatavotu saldējumu. Iepriekš piesakoties, draugu grupām, ģimenēm u.c. kolektīviem ir iespējams piedalīties produktu degustācijās vai meistarklasēs.

Cheese farm Andre manufactures and sells globally renowned cheeses. Cows from happy farms give premium quality, delicious milk. Farm visitors can visit and see the cows, as well as watch the milking process. You can buy organic cheese and other organic local produce from small producers at the small farm store.

The company produces butter, cream, cottage cheese, cottage cheese products, yoghurt and desserts, using high-quality milk that comes from more than 100 local farms and three co-operatives.  Technological processes are observed and improved during the manufacturing process so that the product retains its value in terms of taste and nutrition.  Tourists are welcome, and tastings are available.  This is one of five companies in Latvia that can produce “Summer Solstice” cheese as an EU guaranteed traditional product.  The company’s products also have the “Green Teaspoon” quality mark.

This is a new café in Naujene, which is part of the “Curves of Daugava” nature park.

Предприятие работает уже более 40 лет. В наши дни оно стало конкурентноспособным молокоперерабатывающим предприятием в масштабах Балтии, производящим молоко, кефир, творог, йогурт, масло, сыры и другие продукты переработки молока. Продукцию можно приобрести в магазине рядом с предприятием. Одно из пяти латвийский предприятий, которые имеют право производить традиционный продукт, включенный в схему «Гарантированной традиционной особенности» ЕС – сыр «Яню».

В этом хозяйстве на острове Кихну предлагаются традиционные для Кихну блюда, приготовленные из выращенных в хозяйстве овощей и собственноручно пойманной рыбы.

Ģimenes uzņēmums Svētes pagastā, netālu no Jelgavas. Kopš 2019.gada šeit top dažādi Latvijas priežu produkti, kas vērtīgi kā imunitātei, tā arī veselībai. Mītavas Čiekurs produktu galvenā sastāvdaļa ir Parastā priede (Pinus sylvestris). Tā bagāta ar ēterisko eļļu, sveķiem, miecvielām, C vitamīnu u.c. vērtīgām vielām. Tiek gatavotas priežu čiekuru karameles, čiekuru sīrupa zefīri, želejkončas, priežu čiekuru zapte, karamelizēti čiekuri sīrupā, šokolādē, kā arī priežu pumpuru sīrups un tēja.

Ekskursija norisinās 90-120 minūtes, kuru laikā atraktīvais saimnieks Reinis pastāstīs par uzņēmuma vēsturi, dalīsies receptēs, pagatavos katram apmeklētājam gardu dāvanu (čiekuru marmelādi), kā arī protams- varēs degustēst dažādos priežu produktus.
Noslēgumā, protams būs iespēja iegādāties Mītavas Čiekurs produkciju par izdevīgāku cenu, kā veikalos.

Papildu pirms vai pēc ekskursijas iespējams ieturēties ar uz ugunskura gatavotu pupiņu zupu ar lauku kūpinājumiem, soļanku vai biešu zupu.

Tūristus uzņem nupat uzbūvētajā ekskursiju telpā- Čiekurnīcā. Uzņemt var līdz pat 60 interesentiem reizē.
Projekts Tūrisma objekta “ČIEKURNĪCA” izveide 23-06-AL03-A019.2101-000001 ir realizēts sadarbībā ar Lauku atbalsta dienestu, Nacionālo attīstības plānu, Eiropa investē lauku apvidos, Leader un Lauku partnerību Lielupe.

Предприятие выпускает полюбившиеся конфеты «Скриверу готиня» («Скриверская коровка») и создало «Мастерскую сладостей», где посетители могут принять участие в экспедиции «Коровки», сами завернуть свои конфеты, познакомиться с историей возникновения «Коровки», продегустировать продукцию, а также купить свежие натуральные сладости с производства. Предлагаются четыре разные экскурсионные программы!