Mac du Feu (37) gave up three months ago after finding it impossible to make ends meet.
He has been involved in farming since he was 15, having worked for his father at Snaefell Villa, Rue de la Valleé, when he left school.
Mr du Feu described growing as a cut-throat business these days.
‘It was a combination of things.
Unreliable staff, fierce competition and not making enough to make it worthwhile,’ he said.
He said that he had tried everything he could, including new products.
He now has a driving job and said it was easier to make money working for someone else.
He plans to apply for change of use for the agricultural sheds on his farm so that they can be used for light industrial purposes and has let his polytunnels to other growers.
