Salt of the Earth

Quality meat boxes grown with care from our native and rare breed sheep and pigs on the edge of Dartmoor

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Welcome

Welcome to our website! Here you can find our all about us and our animals, as well as browse through all of our latest homegrown produce, from scrumptious sausages to handmade earrings we’ve got you covered.

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Christmas is coming!

PRE-ORDER all you need for Christmas now:

Turkey, gammon, bacon, sausages and sausage-meat

PLUS homemade gifts, decorations, cards and gift cards

What We Do

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Meat Boxes

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Wool Gifts

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Livestock

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What People Say

  • "The best turkey we've ever tasted and fab Christmas trimmings to go with it. Excellent and efficient service."

    - Emily B (Google)

  • "Delicious meat boxes! We have had Salt of the Earth’s pig and lamb boxes and would highly recommend."

    — Christy C (Google)

  • "Alyse and Isaac are a joy to deal with and the lamb box exceeded our expectations - brilliant quality and very competitively priced. Totally recommended and we will be back to them for further purchases."

    - Kevin B (Direct)

  • "Excellent quality meat. Fantastic value for money. Highly recommended."

    - Toby N (Direct)

  • "I ordered a half lamb box and I haven't been disappointed. The produce arrived well packaged and labelled, the meat butchered properly. Meat not too fatty and taste superb! Would and have recommended to friends and will look forward to reordering in due course. Excellent value for money."

    - Kate B (Direct)

  • "We've been really impressed with the quality of the lamb we bought recently. We're happy to support local businesses where we can and are looking forward to receiving our pork delivery."

    — Sally M (Facebook)

  • "Delicious food from our order. Will definitely be back again. Enough towards 3 barbecues for our family plus the joint of lamb. The burgers mint and lamb, and pork and apple were our favourite!"

    - Emma F (Direct)

  • "We ordered a leg of lamb for Easter. Slow cooked in the Aga and it was absolutely delicious, so tasty. The way it had been butchered made it easy to carve. We would thoroughly recommend Salt of the Earth and we'll definitely be ordering some more in the future."

    — Nicki W (Facebook)

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Where to Find Us

Thursday 15th October

Exeter Farmers’ Market

Friday 16th October

Tavistock Charter Market

Thursday 22nd October

Exeter Farmers’ Market

Friday 23rd October

Tavistock Charter Market

Sunday 25th October

Exmouth Gate to Plate Festival

Thursday 29th October

Exeter Farmers’ Market

Friday 30th October

Tavistock Charter Market

Thursday 5th November

Exeter Farmers’ Market

Friday 6th November

Tavistock Charter Market

Saturday 21st November

Bridestowe Treetops Christmas Fair

Sunday 29th November

Copplestone Christmas Market TBC

Friday 4th, Saturday 5th December

Hatherleigh Christmas Market

More markets and shows to be confirmed in 2026, so keep and eye on our website or subscribe to our newsletter for updates.

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