About Heather Isle Meats
Heather Isle Meats brings you fresh lamb and mutton from the wonderful and unspoilt environment of the Western Isles.
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We will deliver you lamb and mutton of unrivalled quality direct to your doorstep within 48 hours of it leaving our islands. Butchered and vacuum-packed to make freezing and storage quick and easy, the entire product comes chilled in an easily-handled package — giving you a product which is both value-for-money and high in quality.
ALL OUR PRICES INCLUDE DELIVERY TO YOUR DOOR, and you will receive:
- 2 x gigot roasts
- 4 x gigot steaks
- 2 x rolled shoulder roasts
- 12 x loin chops
- 12 x rib chops
- 4 x neck chops
- 2 x lamb shanks
- 2 x sides of flank
- 2 x kidneys
Heather Isle Meats was formed by a group of crofters and small-scale producers working together to improve the viability of keeping sheep and safeguarding the area's traditions for future generations; by
- ensuring lamb and mutton produced from the islands can be enjoyed far and wide; and
- increasing the financial return available to producers.
The Produce
The islands’ geographical characteristics ensures the methods of agricultural production, shaped and inspired through centuries of community use, leave it far removed from intensive farming systems found in many mainland areas.
Much of the islands is covered in a coat of purple heather and moorland, with patches of green, sandy soil found adjacent to the sea, known by their Gaelic name of “Machairs”. Fewer numbers of stock mean they are often left to roam large expanses, giving you a final meat product shaped by a combination of heather, open environment and fresh, sea air.
Heather Isles Meats will only source products from local crofters who have signed up to the Quality Meat Scotland farm assurance scheme.
A QMS certificate is well known in the industry, and means that farmers / crofters are duty-bound to adhere to the highest standards of animal husbandry and production. You can therefore be rest assured that Heather Isles Meats products only come from the best of backgrounds.
All our animals are processed locally in Stornoway at a small, fully approved, EU-licensed facility. All individual cuts will be vacuum-packed on the premises and packaged ready for despatch to your doorstep.
Leg of roast lamb
Cut shoulder of lamb
Lamb chops
Other benefits associated with sourcing lamb and mutton from Heather Isle Meats are:
- The seasonal nature of our product — i.e autumn and winter — ensures that we will supply only the best crop of lambs reared naturally, giving perfect taste, succulence and texture.
- All our animals go direct from producer to customer, giving an added environmental benefit of Green food miles. It also reduces travelling stress on the animals, a proven factor in defining flavour.
- The nutritional benefits of lamb are extremely high. It is a very good source of zinc, iron and B vitamins and relatively high in both saturated and unsaturated fats.
- As all cuts come individually wrapped and vacuum-packed they can be easily stored in a standard-sized family freezer.
Heather Isle Meats Pricing
To place an order simply e-mail confirming your requirement and include delivery address. At this time the only means of payment is cheque. As soon as your cheque is cleared we will then proceed to process your lamb which will require to hang for 4-5 days (slightly longer for mutton) before it is butchered and then packaged. From leaving our chill-store you should receive it within 48 hours.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 Large Lamb (avg. weight 19.5kg) | £107.50 |
| 1 Medium Lamb (avg. weight 16.5kg) | £100.50 |
| 1 Large Mutton (avg. weight 20kg) | £92.50 |
| 1 Medium Mutton (avg. weight 18kg) | £82.50 |
Cheques should be made payable to The Lewis and Harris Sheep Producers' Association (LHSPA for short) and sent to:
George GrahamLHSPA
41 Upper Carloway
Isle of Lewis
HS2 9AG
Note: Although the service is only available from August – January, we are more than happy to take orders in advance.
Contact Heather Isle Meats
Contact George Graham at seoras-him@hotmail.co.uk or phone 07786-020-241 for more details