麻豆社

Max Cotton, a retired political journalist, leaves behind the weekly shop, supermarkets and the modern world to find out if he can grow and produce 100% of his food on a smallholding near Glastonbury.

His only import for a year is salt.

It鈥檚 a bad start for Max, as getting the wheat in is hampered by badgers and a pre-Stone Age harvesting system.

Max explores making bread from the wheat he鈥檚 grown, discusses having a house cow and making cheese, and deals with the shock of going without tea and coffee.

Producer: Tessa Browne

A Good Egg production for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2024.