The decreasing number of small abattoirs negatively impacts animal welfare and reduces opportunities for direct marketing. This session gives an update on the current situation. Marianne Landzettel’s book, The Sustainable Meat Challenge — How to graze cattle, slaughter humanely and stay profitable, shows solutions from the EU and the US: from farmer owned small abattoirs and on-farm slaughter to slaughter boxes and new ways of value adding through processing and branding. The presenters are working to develop a prototype small sheep mobile slaughter unit in the UK (similar to a US model), which would benefit in particular upland and hill farmers.