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Best of 2011: Scottish food producers

Best of 2011: Scottish food producers

The brewers, smokehouses, bakers and cheesemakers on the rise

20 Jan 2012

2011 wasn’t a fun year for small business but food and drink in Scotland continued to make advances with impressive new products, new producers, new markets, growing food festivals, and an increased awareness of the value and importance of local food…

Lamb - 5

Lamb - 5

Diverting aural oddities abound on this return to action

(3 stars)13 Jul 2011

(Strata) Have you ever seen anything more 80s than Lamb’s cover design for 5? No, we’d venture, you haven’t. Yet curiously, their big comeback album (they’d put themselves on ice since 2003 and not, as you might guess first time, during the summer of…

In praise of grass

The grass is greener: why Scottish animals have the advantage over foreign livestock

1 May 2009

Cows eat grass, as every school child knows. Except that it’s not always the case these days. In many parts of Scotland (thanks to all our rain) grass is what grows best and gives the animals that graze it a natural advantage.

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The Balgrove Larder
Strathtyrum House Estate, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SF
A major new farm shop and café on the fringes of St Andrews that’s planned to open in September 2010, the focus of Balgove Larder will be produce from the estate, principally Luing cattle (also known as Highland shorthorn cross), though also including…
Stuart's of Buckhaven
37 High Street, Leven, Fife, KY9 1AF
Originally a bakery, this sixth-generation family butchers and bakers with shops across Fife began sourcing meat in the 1960s to guarantee the quality of their speciality pies. Current boss Alan Stuart founded the now highly prestigious World Scotch Pie…
Briggs' Shetland Lamb
Cuckron, Weisdale, Shetland Islands, ZE2 9LH
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…
Carmichael Estate Farm Meats
Carmichael Visitor Centre, A73 between Biggar and Lanark, ML12 6PG
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…
Ceres Butchers
8 Main Street, Ceres, Fife, KY15 5NA
Quality, locally sourced meat is the priority of this successful butcher with shops in both Ceres and Leuchars. Beef and lamb comes from Fife farms, pork from Carnoustie and free range chickens from Jamesfield. In season they sell game from local…
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