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Isle of Wight Locally Grown Produce

When you taste our locally grown produce you taste the real Isle of Wight. Sip our beers, smell our fresh bread and bite into our homemade salads and you know they are made with care and passion. We love food fresh, tasty and organic.

A perfect place to farm

We're fortunate that our local climate means the Island is a great place to grow all manner of things. We're one of the sunniest places in Britain, have low rainfall, soft sea breezes and fertile soil. And being surrounded by a rich and abundant sea, our seafood is always extra fresh too.

Supporting traditional, sustainable farming

We're proud of traditional farming, and on our small Island we understand our farming has to be sustainable. We can't afford to pollute our land, and we work tirelessly to support a healthy environment. Our restaurants and hotels are doing their part, and the ingredients in the food they serve you will often be locally grown and organic. So when you dine out or eat in choose locally grown produce and you will be helping to keep the Island's character and doing your bit for the environment.

What locally grown produce can you expect?

Island bacon, lamb, cheese, poultry, fish, crab and lobster. Island vegetables, salads, honey and ice-cream. We've a huge variety of healthy tasty Island produce for you to enjoy.

Island dairies provide delicious products to our restaurants, shops and hotels. A local cheese company uses Island milk and cream to produce their award winning 'Isle of Wight Blue Cheese'. Our lamb is particularly flavoursome being grazed on pasture in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You shouldn't leave without trying the local apple juice and cider or without popping into one of our vineyards to taste the best vintages. Then there are the beers. Brewed using traditional methods in the Island breweries since the 1800's, they use natural spring water and a special yeast to create a unique taste. We also have the largest garlic grower in the UK who is producing garlic to match any in the world. It is the intensity of sunlight and rich greensand soil and almost half a century of growing expertise that makes Isle of Wight garlic nationally renowned.

Isle of Wight Farmers' Market

The Isle of Wight Farmers' Market is held in Newport every Friday between 9.00am -2.00pm, in Ryde every Saturday from 8.30am - 1.00pm and in Freshwater on the first Sunday of the month (May to October) from 10.00am - 2.00pm. All products on sale are grown, reared, pickled, baked, smoked or processed by the stall holders and are all of local Isle of Wight origin.

So if you are doing a spot of shopping in Newport, why not drop by and sample a taste of the Isle of Wight!