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#THESETHINGSMATTER
we are small, they are small, it’s the prefect partnership. buying direct supports small family businesses and the local economy. THESE THINGS MATTER. their products are world class and make us better.
1 michael : organic lamb : sheep walk farm
michael is ploughing his own furrow in the farming world, a sustainable organic model which sets an example for others to follow
2 tj & eamon : outdoor reared pork : crowe’s farm
when you’ve tasted their sausages and rashers you will want no others
3 brock : coffee : badger and dodo
one of the mavericks of the third wave coffee secene in ireland. sources and roasts great coffee
4 ralph : milk : mossfield organic
this non homogenised full fat milk has improved our flat whites and cappuccino by 100%.
5 joe : bread : riot rye
there are two distinct parts to my life..before tasting joe’s bread and after
6 bob & ruth : bagels : wild onion
bring their unique characters to their baking as much as they did to their much loved cafe.
(as everyone locally knows ruth passed away and bakery closed. this left a large hole in our menu and hearts)
7 siobhan : cheese : st tola goats cheese
you need to make her cheese part of your life
8 karen : chocolate : bean and goose
‘don’t get high on your own supply’…i nearly eat as much of their chocolate as i sell.
9 birgitta : mackerel : burren smokehouse
birgitta is making a super, food super !
10 john : packaging : down to earth material
it’s important all our packaging is completly compostable; these plastics are made from corn. all down to earths packaging and plastic is sustainable which is better for the planet