A butchers in a small Welsh town

In a small Welsh town in the welsh hills,  I arranged to visit the local butcher to demonstrate this type of forum.

















I explained it is about collecting views on key questions and showed him the map (below) with a large range of interconnecting topics to be questioned:

There are questions, I explained, such as 'do cows mind standing on concrete?'
Butcher: "Oh no they won't like that.  You wouldn't leave them on concrete.  That is something my uncle would never do."
Me:  "This sort of thing is happening though its called a Zero Grazed system and there is a push to have even more of these types of farms.
If people keep choosing to buy this kind of meat and dairy without knowing where it's coming from or understanding the issues there will continue to be high demand for it.  Especially with us leaving the EU, it is likely that this is the way lots of farms could go.

We agreed that people could do with a way of finding this information more easily.

Me: So if you could answer that would be one helpful questions.
Butcher: I cant really say for sure if they don't like standing on concrete
Me: Sure for each question ideally we want people who would really know what they are talking about, perhaps be able to tell anecdotes or give evidence, and set themselves up as an authority on it.  Perhaps there is something you can be surer of.

I showed him a butchers page we have done for Blackmore vale

We looked at the common questions found under each of the drop-down menus to see which he felt like answering.

He was drawn to 'Why or why not buy locally?'.  In below this question there are a couple of points of view to add too and he added his comment in agreement with a view on buying locally.

He put: 'I agree with this as a small business that is based around a small community. Money is harder to come by in our area, and any money circulated in the area also creates jobs for people locally such as friends and family.'



With lots of people adding views like this and merging them into peer reviewed communal answers.  He was happy with this.  We hope lots of people can really get to see this point of view on how if you buy locally, or from afar, it will affect what your local area is like and how just because it is the cheapest it doesn't always mean it is the best for you in the long run.