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Small abattoirs crucial for transition to sustainable farming

Small abattoirs were the focus again at last week’s Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC), with a...

The importance of localised abattoirs

In this article, Angus D. Birditt speaks to butchers, farmers and consumers to understand the rol...

The spotlight on small abattoirs: Shortening distance to slaughter

In this article, Megan Perry argues that small abattoirs play a central role in supporting the fa...

Taking pride in hides and skins

In more holistic food systems, there is no such thing as waste - everything has value. But how ca...

Loss of a small abattoir and a small farm future

Chris Smaje writes about why the loss of a small abattoir in Somerset is a step in the wrong dire...

Small abattoirs facing increasing pressure: What is the future of local meat?

Is the UK's network of small abattoirs on the brink of collapse? What can we do to protect them a...

Why Britain needs small abattoirs

The UK's network of small abattoirs is near collapse, and as our new report reveals, this could h...

Hides and leather

In this blog by Joel Salatin he explains how the value of hides has plummeted

Mobile on-farm slaughter units in the US: The saviour of local meat production?

Marianne Landzettel visits a US farm with a novel solution to the decline in local slaughterhouse...

Small abattoirs in local communities: One farmer’s perspective

Julie Baber, a small farmer in Somerset, tells of her experience using a local traditional abatto...

A is for abattoir: A forgotten step in sustainable meat production

Meat is centre table in food debates, from public health to global resources, but where our meat ...

An internal crisis: the changing of offal

Part two of our offal series explores why changes in the trade, and our tastes, meant offal fell ...

Demystifying halal

There are many misconceptions around Halal slaughter and it often divides opinion. In the hope of...

Eating your values: Five questions to ask your butcher

Many of us want to shop in line with our values when it comes to buying meat, but in practice it ...

Land, animals and leather: Piloting new plans for British leather

Meet Grady + Robinson, the UK’s first supply of leather directly traceable to British pastured li...

Sacred life, sacred death

Following a session exploring the issue of livestock slaughter at the Harmony in Food and Farming...

Local abattoirs: Why they are closing and how we can save them

At the Oxford Real Farming conference 2019, the Campaign for Local Abattoirs and the Sustainable ...

Campaign for Local Abattoirs

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