May 7th, 2020 Animal Welfare, COVID-19 Farming Impact, Food Sovereignty, Rooting for Real Farms Farm Expert Interview 1: John Mettrick Share: John Mettrick is a small scale Peak District abattoir owner, who slaughters, processes and delivers all his meat in-house. He spoke about the need for a network of numerous small scale, local abattoirs in the UK as one of the essential pillars in a resilient, sustainable and high welfare food system. He says, ‘if one had COVID in a small plant, you would lose one small plant, the others could pick up the slack. Whilst in situations where you have massive plants the whole system goes down’. More Case Studies Share This Article Related ArticlesView all November 26th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 25: Slade Farm Organics, Vale of Glamorgan 👩🌾 Polly from Slade Farm Organics says despite lockdown, nothing much has really changed. All the animals still need to… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms November 11th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 24: Seaview Farms, Ulster 🐖🌳🌊 Seaview Farms is a diversified, grass-based, beyond organic farm with a focus on soil health and regenerative agriculture 🌱… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms October 27th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 23: The Free Company, Edinburgh 👨🌾 4th generation Farmer Angus Smith runs The Free Company farm and restaurant near Edinburgh. Everything served in the restaurant… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms October 14th, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 22: Stonebridge Cottage Farm, County Down Stonebridge Cottage Farm raise free-range pigs and sell pork in their farm shop, as well as to local restaurants, pubs,… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms October 1st, 2020 0 Farm Case Study 21: Swanbridge Porkers, South Glamorgan Swanbridge Porkers keep rarebreed Berkshire pigs that roam on 15 acres of pasture & woodland. 👩🌾 Farmer Helen Joy says… Read More COVID-19 Farming Impact, Rooting for Real Farms September 11th, 2020 0 Anaerobic Digesters Facilitating UK Factory Farm Expansion Malcolm McAllister, CEO of Farm Renewables UK, paints a rosy picture of the anaerobic digester (AD) plants which his company… Read More Animal Welfare, Environmental Impacts, Human health Leave a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Name * Email * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Comment