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EXCLUSIVE - Sarah Dyke: "Small and local abattoirs form a crucial part of local food infrastructure, but they are closing at an alarming rate"

Glastonbury and Somerton MP Sarah Dyke has written exclusively for Íæż½ã½ã on the vital role of small abattoirs to farming communities and why they need Government support to stay open

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Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Dyke said: "There are in fact just six left providing private kill services for farmers semi-local to the Glastonbury and Somerton constituency - the closure of any of them would present a major logistical challenge to the local food infrastructure."
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Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Dyke said: "There are in fact just six left providing private kill services for farmers semi-local to the Glastonbury and Somerton constituency - the closure of any of them would present a major logistical challenge to the local food infrastructure."

As the Government's apparent assault on farmers continues unabated, with the abrupt closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme being the latest hammer blow to land on top of the disastrous family...

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