Everything you need to know about our produce…
We are passionate about producing sustainable food in harmony with nature. Here’s some of the most frequent questions we get asked…
What is the carbon footprint of your beef?
Our beef herd in total produce approx. 23 tonnes of Co2 per year. However the land which we graze on covers an area of 40 acres and is a mix of grassland, hedgerows, woodland and wetland. The 40 acres of habitat sequesters 34 tonnes of carbon per year. As a result that’s a net of 11 tonnes of carbon sequestered per year.
We calculated these figures using the widely recognised Farm Carbon Calculator: https://www.farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/carbon-calculator-old
Does your meat contain any additives?
No our beef, lamb and pork cuts do not contain any additives whatsoever, and we certainly don’t add any food dyes as they do in some imported meat.
For our sausages, burgers and bacon our local butchers produces these for us, and normally there will be rusk and seasoning added. Please get in touch if you want to check any specifics.
Do you feed any soya products to your cattle?
No our cattle are 100% fed on the land surrounding the farm. This is a mix of grassland, scrub, woodland and heath. We harvest haylage from the grassland in early spring and the cattle then feed on these bales during the winter.
How do you rear your cattle?
Shetland beef are a wonderfully hardy breed and we give them the freedom to free-range outdoors all year round. It takes 30 months to get them to the perfect size (most intensive commercial breed are slaughtered at 13-15 months). This slow growing process and natural diet lends the beef the fine marbling that gives our Shetland beef its incredible flavour and ensures that it stays tender during the cooking process. We think the taste will be better than you've ever experienced!
What size of joint should I order?
We’d the recommend the following:
2 people: 600 - 1kg
3 people: 1 - 1.5kg
4-5 people: 1.5 - 2kg
6-8 people: 2.2 - 3kg
9-12 people: 3.2 - 4.2kg
Do you deliver? Where do you deliver too? Can I pick-up my order?
We normally deliver every fortnight on a Friday. We deliver to Beaumaris, Llangoed, Menai Bridge, Bangor, Caernarfon and Llanberis areas. A list of postcodes we deliver to can be found here.
You can place your order up until 10pm on Thursday night. Just get in touch to find our our next delivery date.
You can also pick-up from the farm if you need your order sooner.
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