The Larder, Meat

Bedecked with creels, fishing nets, mini-lighthouses and other seafaring paraphernalia, Fish in Crieff prides itself on being able to source 'anything from the sea' given two days' notice. Alongside a wide range of fresh fish and shellfish bought direct…

A family-run butcher providing free-range meat and poultry from farms around the Scottish borders, Findlays has been trading since 1974. They use only free-range cattle, selected and then hung for no less than two weeks to mature and enhance the flavour…

Gloagburn is a friendly farm shop at Tibbermore, near Perth. They stock a variety of homemade produce; meringues, cakes, savoury tarts, oatcakes, jams and soup, which are also available in their very popular and busy café. They also impress with…

John Brash founded his high street butchers in 1976 with an unusual selling point: with family hailing from Port Elizabeth in South Africa, he not only makes sausages, haggis and puddings on-site, but also biltong, borewors and droewors. His proximity…

The MacSween family’s first butcher shop opened in Bruntsfield in the 1950s and they have been making authentic and award-winning haggis for over fifty years. When the butcher shop closed they created the world’s first dedicated haggis factory, and…

A family butcher established in 1875, McCallum's prides itself on trusted, quality produce – not least naturally reared, local beef – and its long-standing relationships with Scotland’s livestock farmers. While their spacious Auchterarder shop and…

It may be a modest shed on their farm just off the Queensferry-Linlithgow road, but Ian and Wilma Johnston have turned it into an Aladdin’s Cave of good food. This large selection is sourced mainly locally, beginning with veg from their farm. From…

Italian sausages to restaurants and delicatessens

Organic beef & mutton, also organic & ethical tweed & woollen goods

Lamb, mutton, pork, wild venison and sheepskin rugs

Running real life and virtual stores and selling to local butchers and caterers, Auchengree is a working farm and butchery as well as farm shop specialising in Ayrshire beef, lamb and pork. Beyond meat and butcher-made own pies, sausages and burgers…

As the name implies, Scotland's oldest, native breed is the focus here. Smaller and slower growing than modern beef cattle, Highland beef is known for flavour, texture and tenderness. Naturally reared on a grass-based diet and hung for at least three…

A family company selling lamb, mutton and beef to some of the UK's most discerning restaurants, including The Ivy and St. John in London. The Blackface sheep and Galloway cattle reared on their own heather-covered hills are sold alongside game, veal…

Farmers market stall: Several around central Scotland - see website for details

The café menu features homemade soups, fresh homebaking and daily specials as well as a range of sandwiches, toasties and baked potatoes. The smallish shop looks to keep food miles to a minimum by sourcing produce from the neighbouring Perthshire farms…

On his croft at Weisdale in the heart of the Shetland Mainland, Richard Briggs rears 100% Shetland lambs, a breed recognised by the PDO designation as a protected regional food name. Given their relatively small size they are a more manageable prospect…

Selling seasonal hogget, lamb and beef, the former is available in spring and beef and autumn lamb from October/November. Alistair and Harriet Busby sell direct to their customers, after uniting their two family farms, and all meat grows slowly on open…

This estate farm in South Lanarkshire prides itself on producing meat with total traceability. Every animal is born, reared, fattened, slaughtered, butchered, packaged and processed on the farm. Beef, lamb and venison (including lean venison and…

If you live in the Outer Hebrides, you'll know this butcher as Charlie Barley. In addition to classic and increasingly famous black pudding, the Macleod family keep sheep on the Isle of Lewis and it is their lamb and mutton that you'll find here in…

Finest Beef, Pork and Lamb Farmers market stall: -

Opened in 1982, D&A Kennedy have established themselves as one of Scotland's leading butchers. Alan Kennedy visits Forfar market every Wednesday to purchase livestock from tried and trusted local farms and suppliers, keen to assure traceability from…

Michael Shannon has been farming in South Lanarkshire since 1996 and can state with pride that his livestock are reared on a green diet of grass and kale, 365 days a year. This traditional approach to farming is reflected in the taste and tenderness of…

Highland Drovers sell fully aged beef from Highland cattle that are at least three years old, and have had a guaranteed quality of life. They opened their first butcher's shop in Perth in December 2012, specialising in Highland beef, traditionally hung…