Small abattoirs

<p>Small abattoirs are essential infrastructure, but they're in serious decline - seen by the UK Government as a 'nice to have' that serves the middle classes, rather than a 'must have' to deliver climate, biodiversity and soil security - and to support rural economies and farming communities.</p> <p>Another nail was recently hammered into the small abattoir coffin, as Mettrick's abattoir in Glossop closed for business.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ffinlocostain">ffinlo Costain</a> talks to <a href="https://twitter.com/Mettricks">John Mettrick</a>, Master Butcher and chairman of the <a href="https://abattoirsectorgroup.org/">Abattoir Sector Group</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/simondocvet">Simon Doherty</a>, former president of the <a href="https://www.bva.co.uk/">British Veterinary Association</a>, and <a href="http://www.the-inkpot.co.uk/hannah-thorogood">Hannah Thorogood</a>, an agroecological livestock farmer based in Lincolnshire.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/farmgate/message