So do we care about Chickens or not, Free range eggs are into the basket from the Office of National Statistics, but so is Rotisserie Chicken one of the worst offenders when it comes to cheap mass produced chicken at a ridiculously low price!! See Hugh’s page on Chicken welfare!!
I am becoming increasingly concerned, as we near the climax of the consumerist year, about relationships between all sorts of things. Reading the latest Resurgence reminded me of our relationship to food which can be as much about how we deal with others as it is with fueling our bodies. This is intrinsically linked to the relationship to the land on which the food is grown or reared. Satish Kumar writes “We have to transform our relationship with food…” Unless we can move from merely fueling, our bodies there will be no change in the relationship. Fuel / Food...
We have just set up a fairtrade stall in the church (at last) but for those of us who need no encouragement when it comes to chocolate items, this is rather a big challenge in self denial, so in solidarity with those who don’t want to eat too much chocolate I decided to help them by removing some of the temptation from their path. OK, I’m weak, but the Muffin’s are great!! Thanks to Lis for the stall!!
