Pig Business
- Synopsis
- Seasoned eco-warrior Tracy Worcester sets out to discover who is paying the true price for the cheap imported pork for sale in Britain’s supermarkets. Documenting her investigation into intensive pig farming and the damaging impact it is having on the quality of our food, the environment, and the health and welfare of agricultural communities, this film follows her as she infiltrates farms in Europe and America and confronts the biggest firm in the pig business, Smithfield Foods of America. It reveals the dark under belly of the food industry - the impact on those who work in it, those who live near it, those who eat the pork and the impact on the animals themselves. But it also tells the story of what is happening in Eastern Europe following the collapse of communism, as EU tax payers fund multinational companies to take over the old state owned industries.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2011
- Year of production
- 2009
- Notes
- Broadcast in the TRUE STORIES strand on More4 on 30/6/2009
- Subjects
- Agriculture; Business studies; Economics; Environmental science
- Keywords
- agricultural economics; animal husbandry; food production and distribution; multinational corporations; pigs; pork
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.pigbusiness.co.uk/the_film/
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Tracy Worcester
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £10/00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 56 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Production Company
- Name
Pig Business
- info@pig business.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.pigbusiness.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0207 584 6592
- Address
- 28 Halsey Street
London
SW3 2PT
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