10/03/2023
Manx March. What’s it all about? 🇮🇲 It’s one of the busiest months for our amazing Manx producers — and from farmers to growers, butchers to bakers, foragers to fishers, there’s a whole army of artisans behind the world-class food and drink being made with local heart and graft.
We think they’re worth celebrating. 🎉
Originally coined by our friends and fine producers Red Mie, Manx March is a chance to share and show off our Island’s exceptional, seasonal, sustainable produce.
It’s also a great opportunity to learn about the multiple benefits of supporting and buying local — including our own pure Manx provenance beef, pork and lamb.
This is the power of local 💪
🇮🇲 What’s £1 worth? When it’s spent locally, around £1.83 to our Island’s economy. If you buy local produce, you directly support the local farmers and producers who work hard to bring fresh, quality food to your table. It means they’re rewarded fairly for their daily grind, and that they’re able to keep producing year after year.
🌍 Simple stuff, right? But it goes even further than that. Producers can take advantage of opportunities to reinvest in their operations and businesses. That means new jobs, new presences on our high streets, and even shelf space beyond our sparkling shores. As the world’s only whole nation UNESCO Biosphere region, the Isle of Man has a unique story to tell. Our outstanding produce is grown, raised, and crafted in an environment that is celebrated for its clean air and water, biodiversity and richly diverse natural habitats. There’s really nowhere like our Island. So it’s little wonder our produce is finding a place in the global market. Your £1 isn’t just powering up our local community — it’s also helping spread the word about our amazing home.
🍽 When it comes to what we eat and drink, we all know fresh is best. At Isle of Man Meats, we’re big on traceability and our Butcher’s Charter guarantees the meat you buy from your butchers is always 100% Manx. Look out for the information on the Product of Isle of Man label. It will tell you which farm or company the meat was purchased from on the Isle of Man, the date the meat was purchased, and the batch number.
🍃 With drastically reduced food miles over imported products, you’re also shrinking your carbon footprint and helping to protect our precious biosphere. Trying to limit single-use plastics? Choosing to buy Manx meat from your local butcher can also help you cut down on the amount of harmful, destined-for-landfill packaging you have to throw away.
📍 Pure provenance from pasture to plate. As with our farmers, we get to know all our butchers personally here at Isle of Man Meats. It’s how we’re able to guarantee exceptional standards of welfare, quality and freshness in all our produce.
Click the link below to find your nearest approved supplier:
👉 www.iommeats.com/approved-suppliers/