The Butchery
Organic meat is one of our main specialities. We have been producing it for 20 years, and have received numerous awards for its quality.
To view our online shop and order some award winning Graig Farm Meat please click here
- The Range
- Where Our Meat Comes From
- How to Buy
- Meat Boxes
- Metrication
- Cooking Times
- How Much To Order?
- Further Info
- Packaging
- BUY NOW
"My sister recently compared your beef fillet with that supplied by (another organic supplier), and she told me that your beef fillet was notably better, and is superior to all others she tried."
letter from mail order customer
Where Our Meat Comes From
We work with the farmers in the Graig Farm Producers Group to select the right animals, which are collected as carcasses from a local abattoir. For details of our Producer Group, click here. Our slaughtering policy can be seen by clicking here. We have a team of skilled butchers who then break these down into retail-sized packs. As orders are freshly butchered to your requirements, we can produce cuts to your requirements.
You can read about how our animals are reared by clicking here.
We have full traceability details on each pack of meat. For more details of our traceability system, click here.
"Now in the name of all the Gods at once,
Upon what meat does this our Caesar feed,
That he is grown so great?"
William Shakespeare - 'Julius Caesar'
(Well, of course, it would have been Graig Farm's organic meat, had we been around at the time! - Ed)
Metrication
In the price list, we quote prices in kilograms, as the law requires. However, if you would rather order in pounds, that's fine, but you will have to use our paper ordering system, as our on-line shop is metricated. For a metric/Imperial conversion guide, click here. We sell pack sizes from 8 oz (225 gms) upwards.
How do you judge how much meat to order?
When you cannot see what you are buying, it is sometimes very difficult to judge how much to buy. Equally, people have different appetites, so what may be sufficient for one person, may leave another feeling hungry. However, to help with the problem of how much to order, we hope the following will act as an approximate guide :
Adults vs Children
The figures quoted below are a rough guide for an adult. Childrens' portions will be a proportion of these figures, depending on the age and appetite of the child.
Joints - allow roughly 115-250gms (4-8oz) of raw meat per person for meat off the bone, depending on appetite. For meat on the bone, increase the allowance to around 170-340 gms (6-12oz) per person.
Chops - a normal portion of say lamb best end chops is two per person. However, a single pork chop will be sufficient for most people. Sizes of chops are given individually in the on-line shop.
Steaks - as with joints the amount of meat per person with a healthy appetite is around 115 gms (4oz). However, some people feel underfed with less than an 8 oz steak!
Sausages - our sausage packs are 225 gms and 450 gms (8oz and 1 lb). Our sausages are thin, chipolata types, which have around 10 sausages per 450 gms pack.
If you are still concerned about any aspects of what to order, please ring our staff, who will be happy to discuss it with you (01597 851655).
"I have always heard that they [the English] were great flesh eaters, and I found it true. I have known people in England that never eat any bread, and universally they eat very little; they nibble a few crumbs, while they chew the meat by whole mouthfuls .... Among the middling sort of people they have 10 or 12 sorts of common meats which infallibly take their turns at their tables, and 2 dishes are their dinners : a pudding for instance, and a piece of roast beef."
Memoirs of M.Misson, c. 1690
Packaging
All our mail order meat is vacuum packed, and individually priced and labelled, with full details of how the animal was reared, and traceability back to the farm of origin, together with a website address for the particular farm which produced the animal.
Some of our retail outlets use our trays, which are flushed with naturally occurring gases (O2, CO2 & N2).
"Vegetarianism is harmless enough, although it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness".
Sir Robert Hutchinson
How our meat is packed
For details of pack sizes and descriptions of the cuts, click on one of the meats below:
| Organic Meats | Poultry | Additive-free Meats | Local Game | Meat Products |
| Beef | Chicken | Goat | Game General | Sausages & Burgers |
| Lamb (including Mountain Lamb) | Other Poultry | Venison (farmed & wild) | Cured Meats | |
| Mountain Mutton | Rabbit (local wild) | Faggots | ||
| Pork | Wild Boar (Farmed) | Ready Meals | ||
| Pet Food | Game Birds |
Meat Boxes
We offer a range of meat boxes across our range. these are a selection of cuts available under the different types, such as beef, lamb, chicken, etc. In addition we offer a mixed meat box. This consists of :
Our Value Mixed Meat Box
4 Chicken drumsticks
1 pack Beef mince
1 pack Beef stewing steak
1 x 1 kg Beef Top Rump joint
0.5 kg Lamb cutlets
1 half leg of Lamb
2 Pork steaks
1 pack unsmoked bacon
Total minimum weight of pack is 5 kg
For details of our other meat boxes, click here
"You a fervent vegetarian, tucking into rump-steak!"
"I'm steadfast as regards my principles. But Ethel's thrown me over, and I'm tired of life."
Suggested Cooking Times:
For roasting tips and suggested cooking times for joints of meat, click here
Mark Stevens, our Head Butcher inspecting lamb carcasses
Further information about our Butchery Range:
- What is organic meat ?
- How the animals are reared
- Why our meat tastes special
- The Advantages of Graig Farm Meats
- How we cure our hams and bacon
"Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends cooks"
David Garrick - 1777
Some of our butchery staff preparing Mountain Mutton
How to buy Organic and other meats
You can order from our butchery range, by clicking here.
If you are in mid-Wales, you can visit our farm, by pre-ordering - for details, click here.
Finally, you can use one of our many retail outlets across the country. To see a list of these, click here.
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