Poultry and Meat
So many of the producers featured here have a very old fashioned attitude to animal husbandry, and this almost always pays great dividends when it comes to flavour and texture. Many have chosen native or rare breeds of livestock, which respond well to slow, traditional rearing. The lamb and beef these listed producers rear will be largely grass fed, and the pork will generally be from free-range pigs; they are not forced to grow quickly, but allowed to develop gently at their own pace. These are the animals that develop good fat coverage, and when you factor in the proper hanging times that these producers allow their meat, the results tend to be very tasty.
Albert Rees
Arfryn Uplands, Carmarthen SA32 8DX
Tel: 01267 237687/231204
Website: http://www.carmarthenham.co.uk/
Featured on 'Food Heroes', the Rees family make traditionally cured and air-dried Carmarthen ham, available by mail order or from Carmarthen and Pembroke Dock markets.
Farmer Sharp
Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria LA15 8XQ
Tel: 01229 588299
Website: http://www.farmersharp.co.uk/
Andrew Sharp is head of a group of Cumbrian farmers who get together to sell their Herdwick lamb by mail order and at Borough Market. The sheep roam freely in the hills, feeding on heather and wild thyme, and this lifestyle leads to closely grained, uniquely flavoured lamb.
W.E. Botterill & Son
Lings View Farm, 10 Middle Street, Croxton, Kerrial, Grantham NG32 1QP
Tel/Fax: 01476 870394
Free-range geese and Bronze turkeys; also pheasants and partridges available seasonally. Available through farm-gate sales and local butchers; call for details.
C. Lidgate
110 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 4AU
Tel: 0207 727 8243
Meat is either free range and/or organic. Some is sourced from the Highgrove and Gatcombe Royal estates. Game is also available in season. Mail order available.
Dove's
71 Northcote Road, London SW11 6PJ
Tel: 0207 223 5191 Fax: 0207 801 0627
E-mail: doveandson@aol.com
Slow matured meat, including Aberdeen Angus beef, from trusted, named farms. Some free range and organic. Dove's operate a policy of fairly trading with farmers on price.
G. G. Sparkes
24 Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London SE3 7BT
Tel/Fax: 0208 355 8597
A high-class butcher offering a full range of quality poultry and meat, specialising in organic, and with a good deli section. G. G. Sparkes has a policy of paying farmers a fair price to promote a sustainable rural economy. Free delivery is available within London and the home counties, subject to a minimum order.
Highland Geese
Corranmor Farm, Ardfern By Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8QN
Tel: 01852 500609
Website: http://www.highlandgeese.co.uk/ E-mail: corranmorhouse@aol.com
Free range geese, grass and grain fed. Available oven ready and fresh for Christmas, frozen for Easter. Mail order available.
Ormsary Farm
By Lochgilphead Argyll PA31 8PE
Tel: 01880 770700
E-mail: meat@ormsary.co.uk
Slowly reared and matured Highland and Shorthorn beef, lamb, and venison from the Isle of Jura, all available by mail order. Saulmore Farm Shop
Connel
By Oban Argyll PA37 1PU
Tel: 01631 710247
Website: http://www.saulmore.com/
Highland beef and Black Faced lamb. The animals are raised on the farm, grazing on pasture next to the sea, which gives a specific flavour similar to Welsh salt marsh lamb. The meat is butchered and hung on the premises. Mail order available.
Bath Organic Farms
6 Brookside House, High Street, Weston, Bath BA1 4BY
Tel: 01225 421507 Fax: 01225 444436
Website: http://www.bathorganicfarms.com/ E-mail: info@bathorganicfarms.com
Soil Association-certified, organic, free-range chickens, turkey and guineafowl; also beef from the farm’s own herd, and lamb and mutton from their own flock (hung properly). All other produce comes from organic farms within a 25-mile radius of Bath. Mail order available.
Copas Turkeys
Kings Coppice Farm, Grubwood Lane, Cookham, Berkshire SL6 9UB
Tel: 01628 474678
Website: http://www.copasturkeys.co.uk/ E-mail: turkeys@copas.co.uk
Sheepdrove Organic Farm
Warren Farm Office, Sheepdrove, Lambourne, Berkshire RG17 7UU
Tel: 01488 71659 Fax: 01488 72677
Website: http://www.sheepdrove.com/ E-mail: andy_nash@sheepdrove.com
Free-range, organic chickens, matured to 12 weeks to give more flavour. The birds are strong and healthy due to the acreage available for them to range on. Free-range ducks, sourced from a local organic farm, are often available, and Sheepdrove also produce organic, free-range pork, organic beef and lamb. Sheepdrove practise a high level of animal welfare and environmental conservation, with rough grass field margins and 11 miles of newly planted traditional hedgerows supporting a range of wildlife. They are also hosts of the Barn Owl Conservation Network. Mail order available (no farm gate sales). Local orders (within 40 miles) are delivered by Sheepdrove’s own van free of charge. There is now a Sheepdrove shop in Bristol (3 Lower Redland Road, phone 0117 973 4643)
Richard Waller's Aylesbury Ducks
Long Grove Wood Farm, 234 Chartridge Lane, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 2SG
Tel: 01494 772744
As featured on the TV programme, free range Aylesbury ducks, available from the farm gate, but please phone first (try Richard on his mobile - 07850 190441)
Eynon's of St Clears
Deganwy Pentre Road, St Clears, Carmarthenshire SA33 4LR
Tel: 0800 731 5816 Fax: 01994 231205
Website: http://www.eynons.co.uk/ E-mail: enquiries@eynons.co.uk
Holder of the Meat Trades Journal ‘Wales No. 1 Butcher’ Award for 2001. Eynon’s specialize in Welsh Black Beef and salt marsh lamb, but also sell Aberdeen Angus, free-range Duroc x Hampshire pork, and tripe. All meat comes from farms with a high degree of animal welfare. Mail order available.
Cambrian Organics
Horeb, Llandysul, Ceredigion SA44 4JG
Tel: 01559 363151
Website: http://www.cambrianorganics.co.uk/
A group of Welsh organic farmers, offering native breeds of lamb, pork and beef, and free-range, grass-fed chicken, reared in an unhurried manner around the Cambrian mountain area. Available by mail order.
Holly Tree Farm Shop
Chester Road, Tabley, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 0EU
Tel: 01565 651835
Free-range, grass- and corn-fed geese and ducks. Fresh geese available from Michaelmas to Christmas, frozen at all other times of the year. The farm is run in a traditional manner, with a strong ethos of respect for the environment and the animals. Ducks are not always available, as the farmer, Karol Bailey, insists on resting the land properly after a flock has grazed on it. Poultry are slaughtered on-site to reduce stress. The farm shop also sells free-range rare-breed pork (Saddleback and Gloucester Old Spot) and traditional lamb, sourced from local farms. The criteria for the meat in the shop is that it must have been born, reared and finished on the same farm, and slaughtered at a local abattoir to minimise stress and travelling distance. All meat is fully traceable. Mail order available.
The Cornish Smoked Fish Company
Charlestown, St Austell, Cornwall PL25 3NY
Tel: 01726 72356 Fax: 01726 72360
Website: http://www.cornishsmokedfish.co.uk/ E-mail: cornishsmokedfish@cornwall-county.com
Great range of traditionally smoked duck, chicken and Cornish fish. Mail order available.
James Whelan Butchers
Oakville Shopping Centre, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Eire
Tel: (052) 22927
Website: http://www.jameswhelanbutchers.com/
Featured on 'Food Heroes', Whelan's are famous for their corned beef and their dry aged beef, which has an unmistakeable nutty, buttery flavour.
Border County Foods
The Old Vicarage, Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle, Cumbria CA6 4QZ
Tel: 01228 573500 Fax: 01228 573501
Website: http://www.cumberland-sausage.net/
Featured on 'Food Heroes', Austen of Border County Foods makes classic Cumberland sausages from rare breed pork. He also makes black pudding with fresh blood, instead of the dried powdered type normally used, and he says that this makes a huge difference to the flavour. Available by mail order.
Yew Tree Farm
Rosthwaite, Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5XB
Tel: 01768 777675
Website: http://www.yew-tree-farm.co.uk/
The Relph family produce Herdwick lamb, the native breed of the Cumbrian fells. Taking longer than conventional lambs to mature, the Herdwicks have a sweet, slightly gamey flavour. Available direct form the farm (phone first), or by mail order.
Richard Woodall
Lane End, Waberthwaite, Nr Millom, Cumbria LA19 5YJ
Tel: 01229 717237 Fax: 01229 717007
Website: http://www.richardwoodall.co.uk/ E-mail: admin@richardwoodall.co.uk
Traditional Cumbrian air dried ham, Cumberland sausage, pancetta and bacon. Mail order available.
George Stafford Ltd c/o Barry Fitch Butchers
135 Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, Derbyshire DE21 5DF
Tel: 01332 831217
Black puddings by mail order. If visiting the shop, call first to make an appointment.
Lower Hurst Farm
Hartington, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 0HJ
Tel: 01298 84900 Fax: 01298 84732
Website: http://www.lowerhurstfarm.co.uk/ E-mail: sales@lowerhurstfarm.co.uk
Organic beef from the farm’s own herd of Herefordshire cattle. Slow-matured and hung for at least 3 weeks, a local abattoir is used to minimise stress. Lamb is also available. Traceability is a key policy - all meat is supplied to the customer with full ID, date of birth and slaughter. Mail order available.
Pipers Farm
Cullompton, Devon EX15 1SD
Tel: 01392 881380 Fax: 01392 881600
Website: http://www.pipersfarm.com/
A company dedicated to supplying excellent-quality produce, while preserving the infrastructure of small, family-run farms from which they buy produce. The Greigs control every aspect of the produce they sell, and even have specially formulated feed made for their farms. Animal welfare is a key concern, down to the choice of one small, local abattoir. Traditional breeds are used, including Devon Red Ruby cattle and Exmoor sheep. All animals are slow-matured without growth hormones or routine antibiotics, and then hung for longer than usual. Mail order available, also a shop at 27 Magdalen Road, Exeter (01392 274504).
Wallace of Hemyock
Hill Farm, Hemyock, Devon EX15 3UZ
Tel: 01823 680307 Fax: 01823 680017
Website: www.naturalmeats.co.uk E-mail: enquiries@naturalmeats.co.uk
Bison and Aberdeen Angus, accredited by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Free range pork, venison and dry cure bacon, all fully traceable meat. Mail order available.
Providence Farm
Crosspark Cross, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 6JW
Tel/Fax: 01409 254421
Website: http://www.providencefarm.co.uk/ E-mail: info@providencefarm.co.uk
Free-range, organic guinea fowl, ducks and traditional-breed chickens. Providence Farm was the Soil Association award winner for pork, duck and guinea fowl, 2001. Mail order available.
East Hill Pride
High Street, Newton Poppleford, Devon EX10 0ED
Tel: 01395 567848
A farm shop selling home-produced Red Devon beef, hung for a full four weeks, home-reared pork and Wiltshire ham. All the animals are fed on home-grown feed.
Well Hung Meat
Carswell Farm, Holbeton, Plymouth, Devon PL8 1HH
Tel: 01752 830494 Fax: 01752 830565
Website: http://www.wellhungmeat.com/ E-mail: sales@wellhungmeat.com
Well Hung have won the ‘Best Lamb’ Award at the Soil Association awards twice. Lambs are organically reared and processed locally to minimize stress. They are hung for 9 days to improve texture and flavour. No hormone treatment, growth promoters or routine antibiotics are used. Mail order available.
Hayman's Butchers
6 Church Street, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 8LY
Tel: 01395 512877
The Sidmouth butchers where Rick investigated pork brawn. Mr Hayman is the fourth generation of his family to run the shop, and much of the meat here comes from the family farm.
Higher Hacknell Farm
Burrington, Umberleigh, Devon EX37 9LX
Tel: 01769 560909
Website: http://www.higherhacknell.co.uk/ E-mail: enquiries@higherhacknell.co.uk
Previous winners of the ‘Producer of the Year’ Award from the Soil Association. Free-range, organic chickens are sold by the box; also available are organic beef and lamb boxes. Dry cure bacon is a new venture. Mail order available.
Denhay Farms Ltd
Broadoak, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5NP
Tel: 01308 458963/422770 Fax: 01308 424846
Website: http://www.denhay.co.uk/ E-mail: sales@denhay.co.uk
Award-winning air-dried hams, dry-cured bacon and gammon, including many Great Taste Awards. Denhay also make award-winning cheeses. Mail order available.
Owls Barn
Derritt Lane, Sopley, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 7AZ
Tel/Fax: 01425 672239
Website: http://www.owlsbarn.com/ E-mail: shop@owlsbarn.com
Farm shop selling free-range chickens, Poll Dorset sheep, which lamb in autumn, Llanwenog sheep, which lamb in spring, and Hereford beef. Most produce is Soil Association-certified. No mail order. Produce is sold direct from the farm, or through Sunnyfields.
The Weald Smokery
Mount Farm, Flimwell, East Sussex TN5 7QL
Tel: 01580 879601 Fax: 01580 879564
Website: www.wealdsmokery.co.uk E-mail: info@wealdsmokery.co.uk
Hand-prepared, traditionally smoked fish and meat, with no artificial preservatives or colours. Weald Smokery have won numerous ‘Great Taste’ awards (from the Guild of Fine Food Retailers) for their smoked duck breasts and other produce. Mail order available.
Little Warren Farm
Fletching Common, Newick, East Sussex BN8 4JH
Tel: 01825 722545
Organic, humanely raised veal. Totally free range - calves have a natural upbringing, ‘veaux de lait élève sous la mère’, rather than being teat-fed. One of only two suppliers who rear their calves in this traditional, natural way (see Temple Farming). Cows are Jersey, so calves have a rich Jersey-milk diet, which the owners believe adds to the flavour of the meat. The veal calves are sent to a local abattoir to reduce stress. Available direct from the farm or from G.G. Sparkes, or Wakelings (see their individual entries).
J. Wicken's Family Butchers
Castle Street, Winchelsea Town, East Sussex TN36 4HU
Tel: 01797 226287
Rare Sussex beef, sourced from only one local farm and hung for 3 weeks. Fine-grained, well-marbled, soft and sweet meat. Old-fashioned butcher - no website, no mail order, no credit cards!
Weylands Farm
Stoke by Nayland Colchester, Essex CO6 4SR
Tel/Fax: 01206 337283
Producers of pork from Large Black Suffolk pigs. Available at farm gate and from local butcher. Call for details of other outlets.
Kelly Turkey Farms
Springate Farm Bicknacre Road, Danbury, Essex CM3 4EP
Tel: 01245 223581 Fax: 01245 226124
Website: http://www.kelly-turkeys.com/ E-mail: info@kelly-turkeys.com
Organic, free-range chickens and turkeys, traditionally reared and slow growing. Dry-plucked by hand and hung for around 10 days - no mechanical processing. Turkeys are Bronze and organic Bronze (Christmas only), and won ‘Best of British Speciality Produce’ in the 1997 BBC Good Food Awards. Mail order available.
Grayson & Start 'Sausages by Post'
9 George Street, Saffron, Walden, Essex CB10 1EW
Tel: 01799 513704
Website: http://www.sausagesbypost.co.uk/ E-mail: enquiries@sausagesbypost.co.uk
Range of traditional pork and Continental sausages. Mail order available - sausages are made on the day of ordering and sent by overnight courier.
Chesterton Farm Shop
Off Chesterton Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6JP
Tel: 01285 642160
Large range of traditional British and rare-breed meats. Accredited by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Chesterton Farm Shop has a policy of full traceability. The shop also supplied the ham that was cooked in Kevin Minchew’s perry. Mail order available.
The Butts Farmshop
The Butts Farm, South Cerney, Gloucestershire GL7 5QE
Tel/Fax: 01285 862224
Website: http://www.thebuttsfarmshop.com/ E-mail: info@thebuttsfarmshop.com
Free-range, traditionally slow-reared, dry-plucked chickens; also poussins, Gressingham ducks and black pudding. The Butts Farmshop offers all kinds of rare-breed meats - the company has a real feel for the heritage of British farming, and makes no apology when meats are out of season. Mail order available. Griffith David Williams Cefn Trefor Fawr Talsarnau Gwynedd LL47 6UF Tel: 01766 770486 Farm-gate sales of Harlech salt-marsh lamb.
Dairy Barn Farm Shop
North Houghton, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6LF
Tel/Fax: 01264 811405
Website: http://www.dairybarn.co.uk/ E-mail: dairybarnshop@aol.com
Meat from a wide range of traditional British and rare breeds - Dexter, Belted Galloway and Highland cattle, Saddleback , Tamworth and Gloucester Old Spot pigs, and Manx Loughtan, Wensleydale, Portland and South Downs lambs. The farming is non-intensive, on unfertilized, herb-rich pasture. No growth hormones or antibiotics are used. Most meat comes from the farm’s own animals; some comes from other local farms who use the same farming ethics and techniques. All meat is fully traceable. Mail order available.
Eastwoods of Berkhamsted
15 Gravel Path, Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire HP4 2EF
Tel: 01442 865012 Fax: 01442 877212
Website: http://www.eastwoodsofberkhamsted.co.uk/
Recent winner of the Q Guild of Butchers ‘Top Shop’ Award, this butcher operates with an emphasis on high animal welfare. Much of the range of meat is organic, and includes geese, duck and poussins. Mail order available.
Ardalanish Farm
Bunessan, Isle of Mull PA67 6DR
Tel: 01681 700265
Organic Highland beef, Hebridean lamb and mutton, available from the farm gate, or delivered locally. Also, tweed and woollen products, and tanned leather, all produced on the farm.
The Isle of Wight Bacon Company
Moor Farm, Godshill, Isle of Wight PO38 3JG
Tel: 01983 840210 Fax: 01983 840052
Website: http://www.isleofwightbacon.co.uk/ E-mail: web@isleofwightbacon.co.uk
Free-range pork, dry-cured bacon and ham and sausages. Pigs are reared using humane husbandry, with a natural, additive-free diet. Mail order available.
The Ellel Free Range Poultry Co.
The Stables, Ellel Grange, Galgate, Nr Lancaster, Lancashire LA2 0HN
Tel: 01524 751200 Fax: 01524 752648
Website: http://www.ellelfreerangepoultry.co.uk/ E-mail: info@ellelfreerangepoultry.co.uk
Free-range, slow-matured poultry, fed a rich, natural diet. All are reared with attention to animal welfare, with an end result of excellent texture and flavour. The chickens are a slow-growing French breed, and are raised to 13 weeks (supermarket birds are raised to 6 weeks) and hung after slaughter. The chickens and guineafowl are available all year, and bronze turkeys and geese are available at Christmas. Mail order available.
R.S. Ireland Black Pudding
Back Duke Street, Baronfold Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 7HA
Tel: 01706 224990 Fax: 01706 210580
Website: http://www.rsireland.co.uk/
Traditional Lancashire Black Pudding, available by mail order through Jack Scaife (see their own entry).
Seldom Seen Farm
Billesdon, Leicestershire LE7 9FA
Tel: 0116 259 6742 Fax: 0116 259 6626
Free-range, slow-matured geese, not killed until 24-26 weeks, and fed on home-grown corn. A speciality here is the traditional Three Bird Roast. Mail order available.
Woodlands Organic Farm
Kirton House, Kirton, Boston, Lincolnshire PE20 1JD
Tel: 01205 722491 Fax: 01205 722905
Website: http://www.woodlandsfarm.co.uk/ E-mail: info@woodlandsfarm.co.uk
Free-range organic Original Bronze turkeys, with access to large paddocks at all times, and slaughtered on-site to limit stress. Also organic Lincoln Red beef, and organic vegetables. Mail order available, and suppliers from Woodlands Farm also attend seven Lincolnshire farmers’ markets.
F. C. Phipps
Osbourne House, Mareham-Le-Fen, Boston, Lincolnshire PE22 7RW
Tel: 01507 568235
Website: http://www.britainsbestbutcher.co.uk/ E-mail: eric@britainsbestbutcher.co.uk
This Q Guild butcher was voted Best British Butcher by Country Life in 2000, and is famous for Lincolnshire Stuffed Chine. Phipps offer a full range of meat, including rare-breed, free-range chicken - Cornish Red and White Rock - and local game. Mail order available.
Curtis of Lincoln
Long Leys Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 1DX
Tel: 01522 527212 Fax: 01522 534669
Long-established Lincolnshire butcher, famous for Lincolnshire Chine. Mail order available.
Woodland Organic Farm
Kirton House, Kirton, Nr Boston, Lincs PE20 1JD
Tel: 01205 722491
Website: http://www.woodlandsfarm.co.uk/
Eastside Lamb
Eastside Farm, Pentland Hills, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 9LN
Tel: 01968 677842
Website: http://www.pentland-hills-produce.co.uk/ E-mail: eastsidelamb@aol.com
Pure Scottish heather-fed Blackface lamb, born and reared on the farm, and accredited by Quality Meat Scotland. The lamb is hung properly to allow good flavour and texture to develop. Available by mail order.
Kirkton Farm Lamb
Kirkton Farm, Milton Bridge, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PP
Tel: 01968 674282
Website: http://www.pentland-hills-produce.co.uk/
The Graham family have been farming at Kirkton Farm for four generations, producing organic heather-fed lamb. Born, reared and butchered on the farm, traceability is guaranteed. Available by mail order, or phone to get on the local delivery round if you live in the Edinburgh area.
Madgetts Farm Poultry
Tidenham, Chase Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 7LZ
Tel: 01291 689595
Featured on 'Food Heroes', the Williams family produce free range chickens and ducks, and free range geese and bronze turkeys, which are sold at many farmers markets including Hereford, Stroud, Cirencester, Coleford and Gloucester - phone for more information.
George Payne
27 Princes Road, Brunton Park, Gosforth, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE3 5TT
Tel/Fax: 0191 236 2992
Website: http://www.georgepayne.co.uk/
George Payne is a Q Guild member, and is also accredited by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Meat comes from trusted local Northumberland breeders who practise traditional, non-intensive farming, with no growth promoters, no hormones and no antibiotics. Breeds available include Belted Galloway, White Park (dark, gamey meat), Dexter and Pedigree Highland beef, Wensleydale and Longhair lamb, and Saddleback, Tamworth, Middle White and Gloucester Old Spot pork. No mail order.
Great Grove Poultry
Whews Farm, Caston, Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 1BS
Tel: 01953 483216 Fax: 01953 483808
Free-range chickens available all year; free-range Bronze turkeys and geese available at Christmas. Call for details of outlets.
Peele's Peele & Partners
Rookery Farm, Thuxton, Norwich, Norfolk NR9 4QJ
Tel: 01362 850237
Free-range Norfolk Black turkeys, slow-matured and reared in a traditional way. The turkeys are fed on home-grown wheat, barley and field beans. The farm also has a small flock of geese. Mail order available.
Edwards of Conwy
18 High Street, Conwy, North Wales LL32 8DE
Tel: 01492 592443
Website: http://www.edwardsofconwy.co.uk/ E-mail: sales@edwardsofconwy.co.uk
Welsh salt marsh lamb from family run farms. The farmers have a commitment to traceability and diversity - land is left to look after itself, and lambs feed on local grasses rather than grass from commercial seed, so the lamb is a truly local product. Staff are passionate about their products, and very friendly. Mail order available.
George Scott Butchers
81, Low Petergate, York North, Yorkshire YO1 7HY
Tel: 01904 622972
R. Carter & Son
Front Street, Bamburgh, Northumberland NE69 7BW
Tel: 01668 214344
Featured on 'Food Heroes', Carters make legendary 'Bamburgh meat pies'.
Northumbrian Quality Meats
Monkridge Hill Farm, West Woodburn ,Hexham, Northumberland NE48 2TU
Tel: 01434 270184 Fax: 01434 270320
Website: http://www.northumbrian-organic-meat.co.uk/ E-mail: enqs@northumbrian-organic-meat.co.uk
Mail-order organic Northumbrian lamb, which is naturally lean and sweet flavoured. Heather- and clover-fed lamb is also sometimes available, as is hill-bred Aberdeen Angus beef, rare-breed free-range pork, and free range chickens. Meat from Northumbrian Quality Meats is always from local farms, and always fully traceable.
Alderton Ham
Country Victualers, Winkburn Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG22 8PQ
Tel: 01636 636465
M.Feller, Son and Daughter Organic Butchers
54-55, The Oxford Covered Market, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3DY
Tel: 01865 251164
Website: http://www.mfeller.co.uk/ E-mail: mfeller@mfeller.co.uk
A Soil Association-certified butcher, selling organic, free-range chicken, and organic beef, lamb, pork, bacon and sausages. Free local delivery if order value is over £15.
Bumpy Lane Organics
Shortlands, Druidston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62 3NE
Tel: 01437 781234
Website: http://www.bumpylane.co.uk/ E-mail: sales@bumpylane.co.uk
Organic, rare-breed lamb and beef, including White Faced Woodland, Grey Face Dartmoor and Kerry Hill sheep and White Park cattle. Animals graze on coastal pasture, giving a very specific flavour. Mail order available. Delivery is free within Pembrokeshire. Suppliers from Bumpy Lane also attend Haverfordwest and Fishguard farmers’ markets.
Jamesfield Organic Farm
Abernethy, Perthshire KY14 6EW
Tel: 01738 850498 Fax: 01738 850741
Website: http://www.jamesfieldfarm.co.uk/ E-mail: jamesfieldfarm@btconnect.com
Organic Aberdeen Angus beef, Black Face lamb and free-range pork from the farm’s own land, and organic, free-range chickens from another local farm. Mail order available.
Graig Farm Organics
Dolau, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5TL
Tel: 01597 851655 Fax: 01597 851999
Website: http://www.graigfarm.co.uk/ E-mail: whoweb@graigfarm.co.uk
A previous winner of the ‘Organic Retailer Of The Year’ Award in the Soil Association Awards and a winner of Soil Association awards every year since 1997. A large range of organic meats from the farm, or sourced from the ‘Farmers Group’ they have set up, comprising of mainly local producers. Meat is from slow-matured, properly hung animals. Mail order available.
Edward Hamer Ltd
Plynlimon House, Llanidloes, Powys SY18 6EF
Tel: 01686 412209 Fax: 01686 411225
Website: http://www.edwardhamer.co.uk/ E-mail: edward@edwardhamer.co.uk
A traditional Welsh butcher, specialising in saltmarsh lamb and Welsh Black Beef. Mail order available.
Northfield Farm
Whissendine Lane, Cold Overton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 7QF
Tel: 01664 474271
Website: http://www.northfieldfarm.com/ E-mail: marc@northfieldfarm.com
Northfield Farm sells meat from its own herd of Dexter cattle (which some people say is superior in flavour to Aberdeen Angus); the breed has never been affected by BSE. There is also plenty of rare breed meat from nearby farms. Mail order available, and Northfield also has a stall at Borough Market in London.
Ramsay of Carluke Ltd
Wellriggs, 22 Mount Stewart Street, Carluke, Scotland ML8 5ED
Tel: 01555 772277 Fax: 01555 750686
Website: http://www.ramsayofcarluke.co.uk/ E-mail: websales@ramsayofcarluke.co.uk
Award-winning, traditional Ayrshire bacon, dry cured to Ramsay’s 1857 recipe. Called ‘the best bacon in Scotland’ by the BBC’s Good Food Magazine. Member of Guild of Q Butchers. Mail order available.
Macbeths
11 Tolbooth Street, Forres, Moray, Scotland IV36 1PH
Tel/Fax: 01309 672254
Website: http://www.macbeths.com/ E-mail: enquiries@macbeths.com
Aberdeen Angus, Highland and Shorthorn beef, all reared on Macbeths’ own farms and slaughtered at a local abattoir ensuring full traceability. The beef is then hung for 2-3 weeks. Mail order available.
Maynards Farm Bacon
Hough Farm, Weston-under-Redcastle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 5LR
Tel: 01948 840252
Website: http://www.maynardsfarm.co.uk/
Bacon and ham cured to old regional recipes, using free range, rare breed pork. Available mail order.
Swaddles Green Organic Farm
Hare Lane, Buckland, St Mary, Somerset TA20 3ZB
Tel: 0845 456 1768 Fax: 01460 234591
Website: http://www.swaddles.co.uk/ E-mail: information@swaddles.co.uk
Organic meat from the winner of ‘Best Pork’ in the 2001 Soil Association Awards; also highly commended for their beef. Swaddles Green have won awards from the Soil Association every year since 1994. All meat is from old British breeds, reared slowly for unforced growth, and from local organic, registered farms. Beef is hung for 3 weeks, lamb for 1 week. Pork is free range, from Saddleback, Berkshire and Large Black. Lamb is reared on organic meadows, grazing on a wide range of grasses and herbs. Mail order available.
Pitney Farm Shop
Glebe Farm, Pitney, Langport, Somerset TA10 9AP
Tel: 01458 253002
A Soil Association accredited farm shop, selling plenty of home produced and local foods including beef, pork, lamb, eggs, vegetables, milk, ice cream and honey. Shoppers arriving by bike or on foot will receive a discount.
Exmoor Organic Hill Farm Produce
Hindon Farm, Nr Minehead, Somerset TA24 8SH
Tel/Fax: 01643 705244
Website: http://www.hindonorganicfarm.co.uk/ E-mail: info@hindonorganicfarm.co.uk
Organic, free-range pork - Gloucester Old Spot and Duroc boar. Also Aberdeen Angus cattle and Exmoor lamb, dry-cured bacon, sausages and gammon. Mail order available.
Somerset Farm Direct
Bittescombe Manor, Upton Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset TA4 2DA
Tel: 01398 371387 Fax: 01398 371413
Website: http://www.somersetfarmdirect.co.uk/ E-mail: deawood@btinternet.com
Free-range chickens and Aylesbury X ducks, reared on natural feed without hormones or growth promoters. Also available is home-reared Exmoor lamb and mutton, Red Devon beef from local farms and free range pork. Mail order available.
Sunnyfields
Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton SO40 9FX
Tel: 02380 871408 Fax: 02380 871146
Website: http://www.sunnyfields.co.uk/ E-mail: orders@sunnyfields.co.uk
One of the UK's oldest running organic businesses, Sunnyfields is a farm shop selling home-produced and local organic foods. Sunnyfields also offer a wide ranging delivery service, which includes Bournemouth and London, and attend most farmers markets within Hampshire.
K.J. Eve
9 Corner House, Parade Epsom Road, Ewell Epsom, Surrey KT17 1NX
Tel/Fax: 0208 393 3043
Website: http://www.kjeve.co.uk/
Organically fed, traditionally reared (no routine antibiotics; no growth promoters), free-range British Kelly chickens, all sourced from one local farm. Chickens are hung before sale. This Q Guild butcher also offers free-range pork and beef from Orkney. Free delivery is provided within the local area (within 15 to 20 miles); mail order available for the rest of the UK.
C.H. Wakeling Ltd
41 Farncombe Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 3LH
Tel/Fax: 01483 417557
Website: http://www.wakelings.co.uk/ E-mail: info@wakelings.co.uk
Aberdeen Angus beef from a local farm - a herd that has never been affected by BSE. The animals are fed on unfertilized, unsprayed pasture, given no hormones, no GM food, no growth promoters and no routine antibiotics. Organic veal is also available. All local produce, with full traceability. Mail order available.
Llwynhelyg Farm Shop
Sarnau Llandysul, Ceredigion, Wales SA44 6QU
Tel: 01239 811079
A fantastic array of Welsh produce: Black beef and lamb from small, local farms; also free-range local pork and a range of 25 Welsh cheeses, home-grown vegetables, salad and herbs, and local honey. Cefn Goleu Pont Robert Meifod Wales SY22 6JN Tel: 01938 500128 Soil Association-certified farm selling organic, free-range turkeys which are hung properly before dressing. Large range of breeds: Norfolk Black, Bronze, Bourbon Red, Buff, Slate/Blue, Pied/Royal Palm and Nebraskan, all bred for a particularly gamey flavour. Organic free range hen and turkey eggs are also available. Buy direct from the farm, or call for details of outlets.
Aubrey Allen Direct
108 Warwick Street, Leamington, Warwickshire CV32 4QP
Tel: 01926 311208 Fax: 01926 425119
Website: http://www.aubreyallen.co.uk/
Long-established family business. Whole guinea fowl and guinea-fowl supremes, whole Gressingham duck and breasts, free-range, slow-matured, corn-fed chickens; also a full range of meats, including free-range pork and Cornish lamb. Mail order available.
Mrs Hamilton's Beef and Lamb
Cairns Farm, Kirknewton, West Lothian EH27 8DH
Tel: 01506 881510
Website: http://www.pentland-hills-produce.co.uk/ E-mail: mrshamilton@cairnsfarm.co.uk
Organic Scottish Blackface lamb, and organic beef, reared on the moorland around Cairns Farm. The beef is hung for three weeks to mature. Available by mail order, direct from the farm (please phone first), or from Edinburgh farmers market.
Sussexway Meat
Home Farm, Tilgate, Forest Lodge Pease Pottage, West Sussex RH11 9AF
Tel: 01342 834940
Website: http://www.sussexwaymeat.com/ E-mail: david@sussexwaymeat.com
Sussexway Meat is a small co-operative of organic farmers working together to produce high quality, native breed meat. Farmed traditionally, the animals, such as Hereford, Sussex and Aberdeen Angus cattle, and Dorset and Suffolk sheep, are grass fed (roaming over wetlands, heathlands and river meadows), and are hung properly after slaughter for a mature flavour. Wild venison is also available, when in season.
Eastbrook Farms Organic Meat
Bishopstone, Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 8PL
Tel: 01793 790340 Fax: 01793 791239
Website: http://www.helenbrowningorganics.co.uk/ E-mail: info@helenbrowningorganics.co.uk
Large company that upholds stringent levels of animal welfare. Most of the meat, which includes beef, veal, pork, lamb and free-range chicken, comes from Eastbrook’s own stocks, although when necessary extra stock is sourced from local Soil Association-certified farms. Mail order available.
The Real Meat Company Ltd
Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 0HR
Tel: 01985 840562 Fax: 01985 841005
Website: http://www.realmeat.co.uk/ E-mail: richard@realmeat.co.uk
Very high attention to welfare - genuinely free range, no growth promoters, no hormones, no pre-emptive medication. Full transparency - will allow public to visit their farms and abattoirs. Animals have a varied and natural diet, a stress-free life, are killed humanely and live longer. The owner of the company believes that eating meat is a privilege, not a right, and that responsible farming and husbandry must come before price. Mail order available.
Goodman's Geese
Goodman's Brothers Walsgrove Farm, Great Witley, Worcestershire WR6 6JJ
Tel: 01299 896272/896362 Fax: 01299 896889
Website: http://www.goodmansgeese.co.uk/ E-mail: info@goodmansgeese.co.uk
Free-range geese and Bronze turkeys fed on grasses, corn and straw, without additives or growth promoters. Mail order available.
Malvern Country Meals
37 Church Street, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 2AA
Tel: 01684 568498
Malvern Country Meals are a previous winner of the ‘National Champion of Champions’ (Meat Trade Journal Awards) for their Classic Pork sausage. Also winner of the Q Guild’s ‘Diamond’ Award for their Citrus Pork and Red Wine sausage. Meat comes from mainly local suppliers and is free range. Malvern Country Meals has a policy of total traceability. A good choice of rare breed meat from local farms is also on offer. Mail order available.
Happy Meats
Bank House Farm, Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire WR6 6RU
Tel: 01886 812485 Fax: 01886 812206
Website: http://www.happymeats.co.uk/ E-mail: info@happymeats.co.uk
Pork from free-range, traditional British breed pigs, with an emphasis on animal welfare. No additives, hormones or routine antibiotics are used, and cruelty-free husbandry is practised: no castration, and no teeth or tail clipping. Every pig is registered with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Longhorn beef, wild venison, and lamb is also available. Mail order available.
Walsgrove Farm
Great Witley, Worcester, Worcestershire WR6 6JJ
Tel: 01299 896272
The Tripe Dressers of Dewsbury
Kirkgate Market, George Street, Leeds, Yorkshire
Owned by Mrs Hey, as featured on the first Food Heroes series. Suppliers of tripe to many butchers in West Yorkshire.
