So those in the UK did you watch HFW program last night on Channel 4 ?

Its part of the channels Big Food Fight season, which is not what it sounds or pitched as in the paper ads or early transmissions.  The season is about teaching people where there food comes from and some cooking with Gordon.

Hugh’s Chicken run details just why a chicken can be sold at £5 a pair, once a meat that was expensive and could only be afforded as a once a week treat (in recent times) is now cheaper than a pint of beer.  When you consider that this is a living breathing animal that requires care and feeding its amazing that it can be produced for this amount, considering that the price to farmer can be as low as 3p a bird (source http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/775006//).  Well actually it’s not amazing at all it’s despicable.

Long have I been aware of just how chickens are kept and for as long as I can remember I have bought free-range chicken and eggs.  I have never really felt comfortable with that either.  I am well aware that free-range on a large scale is slightly better than intensive.

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