Mud, Sweat and Tears with Gareth Wyn Jones

Right, so I've got four fantastic butchers on - Sharon Francis from Brecon, Apes (April) Westcott who runs a small deer and sheep butchery in Exmoor (with award-winning venison burgers) and two Robs (one's Frustrated Farmer, one's Roast Mutton from Cumbria) - and we're talking about the stuff everyone's afraid to discuss. First up: halal and kosher slaughter. Our panel of butchers want to see it banned. Listen and you'll find out why. We also get stuck into supermarket mislabeling, whether Britain should actually have a horsemeat trade (Sharon reckons it'd solve the horse welfare crisis), Then we absolutely tear into Veganuary - our panel report record January sales - turns out people tried veganism, got ill, and came straight back to meat. And we debate how to save the high street: charge supermarkets a quid for every parking space they've got and get people back to their local butchers.Oh, and we talk about how we like our meat cooked. Obviously.No filter - just people who work in this industry every day telling you the truth.TRY OUR BUTCHER'S MEAT! You can try Apes' award-winning farmed venison (they've been farming it for 40 years) by heading to https://www.facebook.com/april.westcott.31 or emailing her at www.lowerhookhill@gmail.comRob from Derbyshire is: https://frustratedfarmer.co.uk (and you can find his shop in Retford)Rob from Cumbria is https://roastmutton.co.uk/Sharen works with www.happyherefords.co.ukEnjoy and thanks for listening. Cheers, Gareth.Content Warning: This episode contains frank discussion of animal slaughter practices and opinions on religious slaughter.