Area: Antrim

The Creamery Can

This family-run coffee shop and ice-cream business is the 10th member of Economusee in Northern Ireland. By visiting a workshop, tourists and visitors will gain an enhanced experience; learn about the history of the craft and the business; the enthusiasm of the artist along with the added opportunity of meeting the artisans face to face and discovering the beauty and authenticity of the products made and sold onsite.

The Creamery Can ice-cream is made on the farm beside the coffee-shop, just off the Frosses Road near Glarryford in Ballymena.

Hugh Reid, who is passionate about his ice-cream said: “Alyson and I researched and trialled recipes to combine our organic milk and cream with other ingredients such as locally produced fruit and berries. Our ice-cream is made on the farm to the highest quality to ensure that consumers enjoy the velvety smoothness and the creamy richness”.

Tours of the workshop by appointment only

Jubilee Farm

Jubilee Farm practices Creation Care where farming & conservation works in partnership, where all parts of the farm, including people have an opportunity to flourish.  It is owned by 150 members, and it is NI’s first community owned farm based on a co-operative model.

It offers social care farming for adults with additional needs.  It is rooted in the community, providing workshops, volunteer days, education, & wellbeing support to locals, schools, corporate clients, Asylum Seekers, farming, hospitality, biology & occupational health placement
students.

All products are gluten, chemical, GMO & MSG free & can be purchased by the public or the hospitality industry.

Henderson Wholesale

Henderson Wholesale supplies  goods to all SPAR, EUROSPAR and VIVO branded stores across Northern Ireland from their local warehouses and distribution hub in Mallusk.

Henderson Wholesale prides itself on sourcing from local farmers, growers and producers in Northern Ireland and more than 75 per cent of its fresh food is sourced locally. The company collaborates with a number of local food suppliers to create new ranges of fresh foods including enjoy local, The Greengrocer’s and The Kitchen as well as having NI brands and products on the shelves of its stores. Most recently, the company has listed a series of small, artisanal food producers to their local supplier roster.

 

Ashvale Farm Shop

This Farm Shop offers a wide selection of local agri-food and farm based produce. They have partnered up with local artisan producers who are as passionate as they are about keeping food traditions alive. A few examples include: Abernethy Butter, Armagh Cider Company, Broighter Rapeseed Oil, Chez Emily Chocolatiers, Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt, Draynes Farm, Erin Grove Preserves, Filligans Jams Preserves and Chutneys, Johnsons Coffee, Kennedy Bacon, Melting Pot Fudge, Papas Mineral Co. and SD Bells

Many of the local brands stocked have been distinguished as Great Taste Producers.

Their fresh food produce is also locally sourced, where possible. Their honey, for instance, comes from the neighboring town of Hillsborough. Their free-range eggs and duck eggs are from Crossgar. Their tomatoes are grown locally in the village of Drumbo, whilst their potatoes hail from nearby Comber. Their fresh produce is gathered at its best each and every morning, ensuring customers receive only the highest quality local yields.

Perhaps most importantly, the farm shop is the perfect location for them to showcase and stock their own homemade produce, all lovingly prepared on the premises. From delicious daily baked breads (e.g. wheaten, focaccia), renowned homemade pies (mince, chicken & ham, steak), mouth-watering meals (chicken curry, sweet and sour chicken, Irish stew, peppered beef, lasagnas, chicken  and  broccoli bakes etc.) to delightful desserts, delectable cakes and scrumptious tray bakes.

OPENING HOURS

Farm Shop 9am- 5pm, Tea Room 9am- 4:30pm and Little Shop 10am- 5pm.

Johnson Brothers

It was Henry Johnson back in 1913 who kickstarted this Lisburn family’s obsession with coffee. Since then they’ve been sourcing the best beans from around the world and then roasting and blending them.

They’re a globetrotting bunch. They do everything from the smooth Costa Rican, the rich Kenyan, the individual Java and Mocha, the extravagant Blue Mountain and the chic Bellagio espresso.

They also do teas, biscuits, sauces and syrups as well as supplying and maintaining the machinery to make those blends taste as good as they should.  Barista training adds to the package.

There’s a reason why they’ve been in business so long. More than a hundred years of experience in every cup. Mmmmmm

Dundarave Estate

Dundarave Estate is a stunning Irish 19th Century Estate situated between the famous Bushmills Village (home to the Whiskey) and the Giant’s Causeway, with the spectacular world-famous Northern Irish coastline being just a stone’s throw away.

The picture-perfect setting is used for Day Experiences such as Clay Pigeon Shooting, Cookery Courses, Shoots and Polo Lessons.

On the grounds are two charming walled gardens, a working farm, an established pheasant shoot and the River Bush. The Dundarave farm offers a superb blend of commercial and recreational farming opportunities with the highest quality grazing and arable land.

With the help of the in-house private chef Dundarave Estate has developed its own farm shop. Using their own livestock, the finest quality produce grown on the Estate, and locally sourced ingredients; the farm shop stocks a range of delicious jams and chutneys, premium meat packs and refreshing apple juices. Dundarave Estate is always working to create new and exciting product ranges to add to its growing portfolio