Anyone watching Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall?

Why do I get the feeling that I aint going to want to eat chicken again?

 

Exactly what my missus said..

 

not be buying cheap supermarket chicken again

 

I said exactly the same

It's going to be an interesting show.

 

But his free range arnt much better

The trouble is there are too many people wanting too much low cost food.
I run half a dozen hens in an acre of woodland and they are real free range. But there is simply not enough space to feed everyone like that. We can do a lot better, but dont be fooled into thinking that supermarket free range is it.

 

I haven't see the programme

but I try tobuy free range or freedom food level. Chav Mum to the supermarket operator'Ohhh it's too expensive, can't afford that.... just chuck us a couple of packets of fags and that crate of Stella whist your at it pet... now what was I saying ooooo £2 extra for free range ... that would mean our 'Taliban Louise' and our 'Brooklyn Alkieda' wouldn't be able to have their 6lb of cheap sweets... lovely kids... eh.. no only 10 stone and 8 stone... what? eh oh... 8 and 6 next birthday...'

 

Pray tell...

... thought they had to come from RSPCA certified farms. Or have I been lead astray by 'spin' ?

 

Re: Anyone watching Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall? nt

 

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Industry /RSPCA standards free range is still fairly grim.
Hens have evolved in social groups of around 10.
If they are kept in much larger groups they spend all their time pecking eack other trying to establish a pecking order. Plus the ground they have access to rapidly becomes trashed and disease is a real problem.
In some wass intensive systems are better. There is a lower death rate often. But that was not the impression given last night

 

So what's the way forward ?

as it is not really economically viable to raise in batches of 10 ?

 

Which reminds me

I was in that nice Mr Morrisons, when I saw a couple buying extra large free range eggs. I could not resist, so I asked them why they were buying them. to which the reply was "because its kinder to the hens". To which I pointed out "but you are buying extra large surely that will hurt" so they put them back and got medium.
Honest!

 

You are spot on

But the real problem is, there are just too many people wanting to eat too much food, and have too many toys.
But no one has the balls to stand up and address that fundemental issue.
There is just no way to produce bulk low cost food that is kind the the animals and the environment.

 

I hope your carrots are

...free range... they don't like being cooped up yer know

 

There is an excellent new book on the subject... te he

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Agri-Enviro...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199782016&sr=1-1

Well you never know I might sell another copy. that will be two then!

 

RE:What about the prog on the other channel...'See it Kill it eat it'

....It is not too long since that ! had to 50 broilers (Ross Cobs) on my allotment that i had to kill and clean for folks's crimbo.

Would never be allowed to do it now...but they were blo**y delicious.