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Radio 4,01 Oct 2025,14 mins

Beans v Chicken

Food Britannia

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Max Cotton is deep into a year of eating only UK-grown food. Christmas is a surprisingly easy time to eat seasonally and locally. Could humble British pulses help tackle the climate crisis and reshape our diets? There鈥檚 a catch - and it calls for eating less chicken. Max heads to the regenerative farming festival Groundswell, where the idea of chicken as a once a month luxury is the norm. Chicken may often be seen to have a relatively low climate impact, however when over two million chickens are slaughtered a day in the UK, the negative environmental impacts can be overwhelming. Presenter: Max Cotton Producer: Tessa Browne Executive Producer: Kate Dixon A Good Egg production for 麻豆社 Radio 4

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