‘Forward thinking farming’ is the motto at the Cole family’s fascinating farm just off the Causeway Coastal Route, and they’re renowned for their ethical and environmental policies.
The family - Charlie and Becky and Charlie&rs ... more...
In business since 1911 and currently in the stewardship of one of Northern Ireland's most respected food suppliers, Walter Ewing, and his sons Crawford and Warren.
Ewing's is the fish supplier of choice for many of the region's top chefs, who apprecia ... more...
An award winning member of the Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland (ACBI), Barry John Crowe's loyal customers (and the ACBI judges) especially like his sausages. Traditional with a modern twist, they have the high meat content that is essential for a ... more...
Slow Food Ireland members Caroline and Joe Rigney rear free range rare breed pigs such as Tamworth and Saddlebacks on their west Limerick farm, and also have a Farm Shop, where their pork products, Curraghchase Meats, are the star of the show.
Hand ma ... more...
“Oats Produced from Ballard Organic Farm, owned and operated by the Lalor family since 1844” is the proud proclamation on the Kilbeggan Organic Foods website and it says a lot about the principles of stewardship that Pat Lalor and his foreb ... more...
Kevin Doyle, former manager of The Gallic Kitchen (relocated to Abbeyleix, Co Laois), and his wife Natasha now own this business renowned for baked goods.
They renamed it Lovin Catering and it continues the quality - and many of the favourite pr ... more...
If you’ve been finding it hard to source a really good cheddar, this could be the place to look. Kate Carmody, a bio-chemist by profession, has been making distinctive cheddar cheeses on the family farm in North Kerry since 1987 and has been cert ... more...
In production in a small way since 1993 (and force to be reckoned with since 2004, when Bertram and Celine Salter married) the highly regarded poultry company Carlow Free Range Ltd. (www.carlowfreerange.ie), is now a byword for quality throughout Irela ... more...
Renowned medical herbalists, Jorg Muller and Karin Wieland, specialise in blending organic and herbal teas for discerning, health-conscious tea-lovers.
Accolades include a Euro Toques award in 2009, for their organic whole leaf: “an innovativ ... more...
In an idyllic location just a mile south of Doolin, you'll find David and Vera Muir's little cottage shop.
Their small company packs quite a punch, with over two dozen homemade preserves on offer, and widely distributed in the west of Ireland. Stra ... more...
A selective companion guide to our famous broad-based online collection, the ‘glovebox bible’ includes a uniquely diverse range of Ireland's greatest places to ...