Butchers

Kirsty Leigh is a fourth-generation farmer from Wolverley in Worcestershire. She writes about her family farm business, the support and guidance she has received so far, and the importance of butchers and genetics

In FGs Celebrating Rural Communities section, we we share news from the heart of British rural life

Four of the nine awards, covering farm shops, pick-your-own businesses, restaurants and farmers' markets, were scooped up by Devonshire businesses

National Sheep Association policy manager Emma Owen said it was important to have ‘some standardisation across the carcase classification process and reporting, bringing the sector in line with the licencing requirements of beef'

FSA charges are currently discounted according to the number of hours involved so that smaller abattoir businesses, which require fewer hours regulation, receive a greater discount

Taking on a Duchy of Lancaster farm in Pickering five years ago enabled Chris Timm and family to expand their livestock business

Permission granted for farm shop and cafe after farmer takes case to council

This week online editor talks to new #Farm24 ambassador, butcher Matt Slack

"Combined with the rising costs of everything associated with running a business, unfortunately, it is just not viable to continue to keep the doors open"

The competition will see butchers from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland compete against each other to be crowned as the winning nation