The final report from the Cotswold Abattoir Study has been published, and is available here:
Essential reading for anyone with an interest in local farming and the food system.
"This report focuses on what we, as a farming community and range of stakeholders, need
and can do, to build long term capacity and resilience in our local meat supply chains.
.... [It] highlights that the meat supply chain is complex with many stakeholders and
stages. Intervention must match this complexity. It also recognises that local food chain
resilience and capacity must be seen in the context of wider food strategies such as the
National Food Strategy.
...There is much to do. But hopefully this initial work can be
used to facilitate further local discussion, prioritisation, collaboration and action."
