Pipers Farm - award winning meat available with next day delivery

THE OBSERVER FOOD MONTHLY - 18th November 2007 - TOP 10: MEAT SUPPLIERS
"Devon farmers Peter and Henrietta Greig head up a producer group rearing livestock to exacting standards, feeding them on grass or cereal produced by a local mill then slaughtering at a local abattoir. The meat is matured and butchered at Pipers Farm - the beef is legendary, a native Exmoor breed, Devon Ruby with a tight grain, good fat marbling and real depth of flavour.

The Greigs also make an elegantly seasoned range of ready-to-heat casseroles, using only their welfare-friendly meats. All come in generous quantities and will get cooks out of a tight spot during the festivities when the thought of preparing yet another meal is too much. Pipers Farm meat stock is another must - useful for gravy."

HATTIE ELLIS
THE GUARDIAN - 3rd November 2007 - FARMING IN THE OLD WAYS
"Other farmers have organised into co-operatives or brands so production is on a more commercial scale. One prime example is Pipers Farm in Devon (pipersfarm.com), a network of small family farms in the West Country that sells through a shop in Magdalen Road in Exeter and online. Their Red Ruby cattle seem part of the land, with their dark red coats echoing the colour of mid-Devon soil, from dark rust to cooked cherries. The animals graze on mineral-rich meadow grasses, leading a long and natural life before being taken to a small abattoir just down the road.

Peter Greig, who runs Pipers Farm, speaks for many smaller-scale producers who believe higher standards pays dividends on the plate: "We feel our customers above all else want it to be a wonderful eating experience and that they can have total confidence in the wholesomeness of their food," he says. "What we do can only be done on a relatively small scale because we don't link at any stage into any part of the industrial processes."

Pipers Farm is typical of a more modern approach to butchery with the emphasis on providing food rather than just raw meat. Wares are displayed on plates with recipe suggestions and the ready-meals taste as good as home-made. Pipers has linked up with local offices to deliver packs of meat for workers to take home and supplies local nurseries with top-quality meat for children's lunches."

THE TIMES REAL FOOD GUIDE
"Peter and Henrietta Greig support a community of local family farms, producing wonderfully flavourful meat of the highest quality. You can order Red Ruby beef, pork, chicken, lamb, venison, geese, hams and Bronze turkeys as well as sausages and all-meat burgers made only with herbs and spices, and ready-to-go casseroles made in the farmhouse kitchens. Or visit their immaculate shop in Exeter's foodie haven on Magdalen Road shopping parade."