Gut Ogrosen is an organic farm in the Lausitz, about 120km south of Berlin, in the Niederlausitzer Heide. The estate is the anchor of the Ogrosen Höfegemeinschaft — a collaborative community of three independent farms sharing land, resources, and infrastructure, each bringing their own focus and craft. It’s exactly the kind of model that Oddkin is built around. Our direct relationship is with Schafhof Schafgarbe, one of the three members of the Gemeinschaft, run by Friedhelm and Ulrike. Alessandro met them at the Chamissoplatz Ökomarkt — one of Berlin’s best weekly organic markets, and a recurring source of excellent producers for Oddkin. The third member of the community is Ziegenhof am Gut Ogrosen, run by Cecilia Abel and Daniel Baumgart, who raise around 80 dairy goats and produce a range of raw goat’s milk cheeses seasonally from April to December. Their cheeses will be joining the Oddkin lineup soon — watch this space. Between them, all three farms make very good cheese. Case in point: Gut Ogrosen’s Berta was just nominated Best German Cheese at the World Cheese Awards. You’ll find it below, alongside three more from Robert’s dairy.
