Alise Zarina’s organic farm Pilsgravas

The organic farm, located next to Rūjiena Hillfort and the River Rūja, produces organic goat’s milk cheeses. Visitors can take a tour of the farm, learn to identify plants found in natural meadows, and taste products made from plants gathered in the meadows along the riverbanks.

Cheeses
A range of goat’s milk cheeses: Fresh Goat’s Cheese; Fresh Goat’s Cream Cheese with Garlic; Fresh Goat’s Cheese with Hemp; Smoked Goat’s Cheese; Goat’s Cheese in Oil with Toasted Hemp.

How the Cheese Is Made
The cheese is made from freshly milked goat’s milk, which is heated during the cheesemaking process. The goats graze on diverse pastures, and hay rich in a wide variety of plant species is harvested for them. This gives the dairy products a more distinctive and intense flavour profile, as well as higher levels of essential fatty acids and antioxidants.

For Visitors
Visitors can learn about the farm and the lives of the goats, taste goat’s milk products and enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings of the River Rūja and the hillfort.

Where to Buy
The cheeses are available directly from the farm, at the Valmiera REKO farmers’ market and the Slow Food Straupe market, as well as at town festival markets in Valmiera, Rūjiena and Mazsalaca.