The Great British Food Fight True Stories: Pig Business

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1. Grand film! People need more films like that on public television to be able to make informed decisions! Well done to Tracy & all her crew!

   Posted by Tom on 09/11/2009 00:01:17

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2. this is the way all farming seems to be nowadays, animal cruelty, pumping them full of drugs to grow faster and to help them fight disease because the conditons are so unatural. fruit and vegitables grown with artificial pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers all going back into the land poisening it , then into the rivers then the sea. all the cleaning chemicals we use down the drains into the sea or sprayed onto the land. all for cheap food which isn't cheap, its at the cost of the enviroment ,animal welfare, farmers livelihoods, the countryside ,the world and our hapiness!! if thats the future i dont want to live in it.

   Posted by howard on 24/10/2009 02:40:03

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3. After watching her doc/research I'm really have to rethink my food habit now as regards to Pork/meat in general, well I always new of certain hidden aspects of the meat industry in general. You know we may all become vegies in the not so foreseable future. Our mother use to tell us that back in Vietnam our grandparents home had a tiny little family farm rearing piggy's and hens, however according to mother we never could when it comes to it, actually eat ( if I should so crudely put it) our own piggys, however I think the hens were a different matter though, you just had to case after them and well .... Who is really to blame though for the ''state we're in?'' As the politician put it so honest and well ''at the end of the day it's really down to the consumer'' If a person can afford to smoke and drink and yet not afford quality food, but but rather pay for the cheapest poss then is it really not himself that is to blame? ''La say fare'' French for open market, off course I'm not implying that cruelty to animal or ethics and moral should be at a sacrafice. well I lookforward to another one of her documentry...well made. thankyou Toan

   Posted by Toan Tran on 06/07/2009 12:49:19

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4. well done Tracy a brilliant documentary. Its astonishing ,the lack of concern shown towards pig welfare and small farmers by big multinational companies who appear more concerned with money-making than behaving in a decent fashion. It's incredibly sad that they appear to get away with it. Pig welfare standards and regulations need huge improvements.

   Posted by Colin on 04/07/2009 21:56:23

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5. Please can you make the link to this programme avaiable to post on networking sites? OF COURSE YOU CAN! So go on, send me a link please, and all the others who have asked. It might make A DIFFERENCE Cheers,Steve

   Posted by stevesavagekeyboards on 03/07/2009 00:01:30

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6. All I can say is that the excess exploriation of any product or process leds to wastage and not good for the enviroment plus the fact that pig itself no matter the level of cooking or boiling it will always have bactaria that is not good for humans. Unorganic food has time goes by will show its harm and connection to issues like cancer Thanks

   Posted by Abdulrasac Omolaja on 01/07/2009 15:50:29

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7. What a wonderfully brave woman to challenge the food giants and their corporate obsession with the bottom line, with only a token gesture towards animal welfare (well, whatever they can get away with - note they are now persuing Roumania because resistance was thwarting their goals in Poland). Each of us is going to have to look beyong our hypocritcal behaviour that on the one hand sympathises with the plight of these animals and local farmers, but on the other still expects to feed our families at the best price, even if that means turning a blind eye to the ghastly realities. I felt ashamed and helpless, but will commit now to stop buying cheap pork products from the chain supermarkets and go down to my local farm shop for the real thing.

   Posted by Jackie B on 01/07/2009 13:43:24

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8. Hi everyone, We've now put the programme up on our Catch Up service so you can watch again. Link below. Thanks for all your comments! The 4Food Team

   Posted by 4Food Ed on 01/07/2009 13:41:00

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9. Can u make the film available online so my friends who missed it can watch it? A very sad but must-know film. Every human generation seems to produce users, and how awful they can pretend what they do is for the common good.

   Posted by Mike on 01/07/2009 12:38:54

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10. I too want to show it to my students!

    Posted by alisonayling on 01/07/2009 11:21:30

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11. May I join the chorus asking you to make 'True Stories: Pig Business' available on your catch-up facility? Unfortunately I missed the programme last night, but what I read today makes me even more certain that I want to watch it as soon as possible. Thank you!

    Posted by Ian Harwood on 01/07/2009 10:41:09

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12. I am a teacher of Business and Economics and after seeing the programme last night I want to show it to my students using the catch-up facility, but it isn't there. Any chance of getting it up and running? Great programme!

    Posted by Guy on 01/07/2009 10:05:33

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13. Government wake up. By allowing us to consume products that do not comply with high animal welfare standards you are actually supporting animal cruelty. It is time that we supported local small farmers. The meat may cost slightly more but the superior quality and taste far outweigh the additional expense so you are getting far more for your money.

    Posted by Graham on 01/07/2009 09:18:04

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14. I have tried to access more 4 documentaries to watch a repeat of 30 June showing 'pig business' but cannot access it on your website. Will it be available to watch again?

    Posted by Andy Bragg on 01/07/2009 08:03:34

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15. After watching with big interest Pig Business, we agreed with my partner to source as much as possible localy produced food from vegs to meat, and we will give as little money possible to any supermarket chains. The less money they will recieve from the consummers, the more care they will have to bring to the products they sell us. We already grown some veg in our garden, and will carry on to do so, increasing the variety of them. IF EVERYONE BOYCOT THE SUPERMARKET CRAP PRODUCTS THEY WILL HAVE TO BRING QUALITY PRODUCTS BACK AND THEY WILL BECOME CHEAPER. START NOW!!

    Posted by Emmanuel on 30/06/2009 23:56:58

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16. Pigs have been credited as the 4th most intelligent mammal after chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants, or 5th rather, including humans

    Posted by carey ostrer on 30/06/2009 23:55:55

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17. This is one of the most depressing programmes I've seen for a long time, mainly because of the truth behind it. Corporate feudalism (euphemism for corporate greed) has indeed taken over the world, much to the detriment of everyone. I felt much sympathy for the Poles who, whether they like it or not now they're in the EU, will have their national identity slowly eradicated, just as in the UK. When will our respective citizens wake up to what is being done to them? o wonder the NHS costs more & more as our health gets worse & worse from the rubbish we are forced to consume. I'm relieved to be a vegetarian, but homegrown healthy veggies are even difficult to find now.

    Posted by sympathiser on 30/06/2009 23:45:54

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18. I would like to recommend this programme to other people. Will it be repeated or will it be available to watch online? It made me very angry indeed. The big message that came across to me was that we need to get out of the European Union as soon as possible so that we can take control of the quality of the food that we eat and the welfare of the animals from which it is produced. The EU has destroyed most of our small farmers and is now killing off the farmers of the new eastern European EU members. It is evil.

    Posted by Neil on 30/06/2009 23:44:54

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19. Is it possible to see Pig Business again? Thank you for showing the plight of these helpless pigs.

    Posted by Ros Murphy on 30/06/2009 14:18:43

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