Where to Buy Organic - Manx Organic Network

Page last updated 1.10.11

The Producers

Adam Kelly, Carnane Organic, Douglas

Organic beef, lamb and mutton

Adam and family have a 65-strong Aberdeen Angus herd, 850 Manx Loaghtan sheep and 100 Scotch Blackface sheep. Adam also grows all the feed for the animals organically on the farm.

Telephone: 492534.

Pheric Curphey, Ballanea Farm, Kirk Michael

Organic beef and lamb

The Curphey family have a mixed herd of Aberdeen Angus and British Blue & Limousin cross, as well as 300 sheep – Charollais, Texel and Kerry Hill.
All the animals enjoy a GM-free diet and mature naturally slowly.

You can call Pheric on 878132.

Jenny and Stephen Devereau, Staarvey Farm, Cronk y Voddy

Organic eggs and herbs

Staarvey Farm’s certified free-range eggs and herbs are complemented by a range of preserves and condiments featuring mainly local and organic ingredients. Stephen and Jenny also have 30 Texel and Ryeland sheep, and their lambs are now organically certified. Their eggs are available in a number of retail outlets.

Tel: 801387 or 463822 or email: staarveyfarm@manx.net for details.  

They also attend the monthly Douglas market – see below.

Dot and Robin Price, Purely Plants Produce, The Dhoor, Lezayre

Organic vegetables, herbs, willows and eggs

Dot and Robin have been growing using natural methods for many years, and their delicious veg, eggs and herbs are now fully certified organic. They also sell vegetable plugs for people who want to grow their own.

Tel 813358 or 470507.  

They attend the St Johns, Ramsey and Castletown markets – see below.

Andrew and Angela Qualtrough, Cronk Mooar, Lezayre

Organic Loaghtan lamb

Angela and Andrew have 100 pure-bred Manx Loaghtan ewes. The Loaghtan is slow maturing lamb, producing tender, delicious meat that’s 23% lower in fat and almost 10% lower in cholesterol than conventionally reared lamb*.

Tel 814334.

*Data from the Scottish Agricultural Colleges, May 2000

Juan and Marie Cain, Ballahot Farm, Malew

Organic fruit and veg

Juan and Erica Cain were organically certified producers of potatoes and oats until 2005, when they retired and rented out most of their land. Erica sadly passed away in 2008 but Juan and his sister Marie continue to produce wonderful fruit and veg from their certified walled garden at Ballahot.

Tel 823248.

Paul and Lindsay Hotchkiss, Cooil Shellagh Farm, Kirk Michael

Organic Loaghtan lamb and fleeces

Paul and Lindsay’s organically certified Loaghtan flock numbers around 100 sheep. Lamb is available through the Manx Loaghtan Marketing Cooperative, and Paul can take orders direct. The wool is also certified organic.

Tel 872140 or 214000.

Where to pick up local organic produce

Regular farmers markets

St Johns, Tynwald Mills: every Thursday 11am – 3pm

Albert Road School: every Saturday 10am – 1pm

Villa Marina: first Saturday of every month, 10am – 2pm

Southern 100 Clubhouse: third Sunday of every month, 1.30am – 3.30pm

Pure Manx Organic at Radcliffe Butchers
Monday 12 September 2011 sees the launch of Pure Manx Organic at Radcliffe Butchers in Castletown – in the form of some of the finest meat known to Man! This is an important milestone for us, as it represents the realisation of one of MON’s key aims: developing a Manx organic brand.

Enjoy more organic meat – for less
To make buying Pure Manx Organic meat as easy and rewarding as possible, we’ve created the MON Meat Buying Club. As a MON member you will automatically benefit from discounts by quoting your Meat Buying Club discount code when buying in-store and online.

The discount voucher below will give you a further 5% discount on organic meat boxes (meat boxes are already discounted by 5%). Just take the voucher with you to Radcliffe Butchers in Castletown, or quote the code when buying online – where you can also make the most of Radcliffe’s 10% discount on organic multi-buys.

Ordering online is easy at www.radcliffebutchers.com, and all orders of over £25 are delivered free. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact Zoe – zoe@radcliffebutchers.com or Janet at jbridle@manx.net, tel 835436.

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