Anyone who didn't manage to watch Chickens, Hugh and Tescos Too please download it from www.channel4.com. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (if you will give him the benefit of the doubt for his name) is a ground-breaking chef who brings to light the state our food is in when it is still mooing, oinking, and clucking. Chickens was an eye opener.
I've always known that anything cheap is certainly never cheerful, but this documentary made me realise the amount of crap we feed on everyday for the sake of a pound or two extra in our pockets. "Free range" may mean outdoors, but it does NOT mean spacious. "Farm raised chickens" does NOT mean fairly raised.
The scenes of fluffly chickens stuffed up against each other in a giant barn with no room to lift a crushed wing was grim. I have never been an animal lover, but to not be affected by these images would take a heart of stone.
It reminds me exactly why I hate corporates. "Large shareholders vote with management... they rarely rock the boat," says one cynical editor, doubting Hugh's resolution to bring fairer living standards to Tesco chickens.
Is it a happy ending for Hugh's chickens?
I shall let you viewers see for yourselves.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is number 2 on my list of "Guilty Pleasures".
ReplyDeleteAfter Kevin McCloud of course!