Farmers I know set out really early in the morning, so that when their stock finally reaches the abattoir, it is at least processed first, without the added stress of waiting for hours in busy lairage.
Surely the opportunity exists for more mobile abattoirs, perhaps even a franchise so that good slaughtermen and butchers can set up on their own more easily? Or could a farming community crowdfund to buy a shared mobile abattoir and hire an operator?
There is a huge issue around mobile abattoirs in this country. We do actually have 1 but it’s not what you would consider mobile. The issue also being that they aren’t suitable for multi species slaughter and not actually able to be mobile because every site visited would have to be FSA registered. I touched more on mobile slaughter units in my post:
Farmers I know set out really early in the morning, so that when their stock finally reaches the abattoir, it is at least processed first, without the added stress of waiting for hours in busy lairage.
Surely the opportunity exists for more mobile abattoirs, perhaps even a franchise so that good slaughtermen and butchers can set up on their own more easily? Or could a farming community crowdfund to buy a shared mobile abattoir and hire an operator?
There is a huge issue around mobile abattoirs in this country. We do actually have 1 but it’s not what you would consider mobile. The issue also being that they aren’t suitable for multi species slaughter and not actually able to be mobile because every site visited would have to be FSA registered. I touched more on mobile slaughter units in my post:
https://www.memypigsandi.com/p/hampshires-last-abattoir?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Until you get a Government that doesn't actively hate the countryside and small farmers, I fear progress will be slow.
And DEFRA are more useless than a useless thing whatever Government are in power.