Supermarket Secrets

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An excellent two part Dispatches documentary on Supermarkets Secrets. Well worth watching.

The amount of waste is crazy. And the way the animals most people eat are bred and treated is neither nice nor healthy.

“How and what we eat has radically changed over the past few decades with the all-consuming rise of the supermarket. But what price are we paying for the homogenised, cheap and convenient food that supermarkets specialise in?

In a two-part programme, journalist Jane Moore investigates how supermarkets have affected the food on our plates and reveals the tell-tale signs that the food we buy may not have been grown in the way we think.

Using a combination of undercover filming and scientific analysis, Supermarket Secrets investigates whether the food on supermarket shelves is really as good as it looks, whether prices are as good as they seem and what happens behind the scenes in the production of supermarket food.

This documentry is in two parts. This first part deals with Factory Farming, chickens, and general quality of supermarket food. The second part deals with Cows milk, food standards, food waste, pesticides, food globalization, and loss of quality of our produce.

A very important watch for everyone, gives you facts about the meat and food you eat. After watching you will have more of an understanding of the rational behind Vegetarian, Vegan, Organic, and grass-root eating practices.”

Part 1 – 49 Minutes

Part 2 – 49 Minutes

Where to get healthy local and organic food:

• National Association of Farmers’ Markets
• London Farmers’ Markets
• Scottish Farmers’ Markets
• Welsh Farmers’ Markets
• Organic Directory
• Local Food Works – find local food groups and more
• Abel & Cole – quality organic home delivery