There’s nothing quite like a full Manx farmhouse breakfast to set you up for the day. Greeba Farm Ltd., the Island’s only commercial mushroom farm, is encouraging all Manx residents to enjoy a local breakfast, or two, in Farmhouse Breakfast Week, 22nd - 28th January. Look out for the ‘Shake Up Your Wake Up’ special stickers on packs of Greeba Mushrooms that week. The ‘Shake up your Wake Up’ campaign reminds us of the importance of getting the day off to good start with a nutritious hearty breakfast. It is a fact that eating breakfast can aid concentration and mental performance at work and at school. It provides you with the nutrients and energy needed for an active lifestyle. Research shows that breakfast eaters are less depressed and have lower levels of stress than breakfast skippers. Those great reasons are only part of the picture for Greeba Farm taking part in this campaign. Mushrooms are a nutritious and healthy ingredient to provide balance in a breakfast, they are not called a ‘superfood’ for nothing; packed with vitamins and minerals and a great source of vegetable protein. The extra good news is that there are also virtually fat free! Greeba Farm’s top Manx mushroom breakfast recipe tips include serving up locally produced sausage, bacon and eggs on a large breakfast flat mushroom. For a sophisticated twist; top the farm’s award winning Portabella mushrooms with eggs benedict or whizz up quick and easy Manx mushroom muffins – recipe available on request from Kathy Irwin at the farm. Breakfasts are vital to farm life as Kathy Irwin of Greeba Farm says: “Starting the day together has always been important to us. Whether it is sitting down with your family, starting a business day combining meetings with breakfast or catching up with friends after the school run over a coffee and a bite, it all counts to put you in the right frame of mind and refreshes your body to have a good day.” For more information about adding Greeba Farm’s Manx grown mushrooms to your breakfast plate see www.greebafarm.co.im For details of other local producers see www.ilovemanx.org For more information about ‘Shake up Your Wake Up’ including some very tempting breakfast recipe ideas visit www.shakeupyourwakeup.com If you would like to link up with Greeba Farm and celebrate Farmhouse Breakfast Week get in touch, all local events could be added to the farm’s website. ENDS