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Dr Dolly van Tulleken: "We have ended up in a nonsensical food system, with small-scale abattoirs and farms closing at an alarming rate"

Food and public health campaigner Dr Dolly van Tulleken on how abattoir loss is driving out small-scale meat production, and the resulting impact on food quality, biodiversity, animal welfare, supply chains and local economies

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Dr Dolly van Tulleken

Abattoir closures may not seem like a public health priority, but they are. One of my neighbours is an award-winning Sussex beef farmer. For years, she has been warning me about the profound harm losing...

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