McCormack Family Farms

At McCormack Farms, we produce Baby leaves and fresh herbs. A family run farm.

The story of McCormack Family Farm started over 40 years ago and has kept growing ever since. In 1966, Edward McCormack began work at Warrenstown Horticultural College, County Meath. It is here that his love of the land took seed and began to grow.

He worked in growing the nursery and growing in glasshouses. Edward then stayed on at Warrenstown throughout the 1970s, working as a salesman for the college, bringing fresh produce to Dublin Corporation Market in Smithfield daily.

This is where he saw a large volume of imported produce, that could have been grown locally. In 1984 he decided to strike out and begin his own farming business, growing various vegetables to replace the imports.

During this time, Edward’s young son Stephen also started helping his father on the farm. From 1984 to 1998, the main focus of the McCormack business was the growing and selling of vegetables to the Smithfield Market, with some Food Service customers outside the market also.

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When Stephen graduated from Warrenstown Horticultural College, he began working full-time on the farm. In 1998, Edward and Stephen decided to start growing herbs alongside their vegetables, and this move proved to be most encouraging for the duo. In 2000, they decided to drop vegetable growing altogether and focus their efforts on growing herbs, and back then, a new range of products – baby leaf salads, which were virtually all imported year-round beforehand.

In the late 90s and early 00s, Ireland was experiencing a food culture revival and chefs were looking for new culinary lines to add to their menu; Stephen and Eddie identified baby leaf and herbs as an area that would grow, due to their popularity internationally. Finally in 2007, having spent the best part of 20 years selling directly to business, the company earned its first retail account – Superquinn. Since then, McCormack’s has gone from strength to strength, and today, is a supplier to all of the top retailers in Ireland, including Dunnes Stores, Lidl, Tesco and Aldi.

McCormack Family Farms continue to grow superb quality Irish produce, and have grown local employment in the area at the same time. From 6 staff, they now employ over 140 staff. The community is so important to them and they are very proud to be located in the fertile lands of County Meath, near the Hill of Tara, Trim town and Castle and Killeen Castle.