What are the forces that have enabled cheap pork to flood UK supermarkets? Sheila Dillon finds out about the production systems that bring us much of this pork, and asks are there alternatives.
Sheila talks to:
Andrew Knowles, strategy coordinator for BPEX, The British Pig Executive
Andrew Opie, Food Policy Director of the The British Retail Consortium (BRC)
Economist, Graham Dalton
Tracey Worcester,director of Pig Business to be shown on More4
Felicity Lawrence, Guardian investigative journalist,Ìýauthor of Eat Your Heart Out
Professor Alistair Lawrence, Head of Animal Welfare at the Scottish Agricultural College and Edinburgh University vet school
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Presenting The Food ProgrammeÌýhas been Sheila's perfect job.