The Food Chain
The pig plague
A deadly virus is devastating the world's biggest pork producers - how can it be stopped?
- 26 mins
- 11 Jul 2019
BBC Sounds - The Food Chain - Available Episodes
The Food Chain
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Episodes (298 Available)
The Food ChainWhen is a burger not a burger?
Why meat and plant-based food producers are at war over words
- 26 mins
- 04 Jul 2019
The Food ChainThe quest for black gold
How to encourage more people to compost their food waste and persuade farmers to use it
- 26 mins
- 27 Jun 2019
The Food ChainHow not to run a restaurant
Three restaurateurs on why they walked away from their life-long dream.
- 26 mins
- 20 Jun 2019
The Food ChainLunches changing lives
Akshaya Patra, the world's largest school meals programme, is our 2019 Global Champion
- 26 mins
- 13 Jun 2019
The Food ChainFinding a food champion: The finalists
The people changing the way we produce, consume and think about food.
- 26 mins
- 06 Jun 2019
The Food ChainSamin Nosrat: My life in five dishes
The Netflix star and best-selling author rising to the top of the culinary world
- 26 mins
- 30 May 2019
The Food ChainBitter sweets
Sugar is under attack - will candy be next in the firing line?
- 26 mins
- 23 May 2019
The Food ChainFood on the streets: London and Los Angeles
How do you eat when you have no home?
- 26 mins
- 16 May 2019
The Food ChainOrganic Inc
Who really owns organic?
- 26 mins
- 09 May 2019
The Food ChainWidowed: Food after loss
The difficult mix of food and widowhood.
- 26 mins
- 02 May 2019
The Food ChainRaw grief
A tale of food and loss.
- 26 mins
- 25 Apr 2019
The Food ChainThe pot washers
The little heard voices who wash the world's dishes.
- 26 mins
- 18 Apr 2019
The Food ChainAn inspector calls
Guns, knives, and safety alarms. Being a food safety inspector is a risky business
- 26 mins
- 11 Apr 2019
The Food ChainHow to tell a food story
How we use fiction to talk about our food, and how food can help tell stories
- 44 mins
- 04 Apr 2019
The Food ChainGut feelings
The race to develop food supplements that could treat depression
- 26 mins
- 28 Mar 2019
The Food ChainWhen breast isn't best
Three mothers on why they quit breastfeeding, and the stigma that followed
- 26 mins
- 21 Mar 2019
The Food ChainHow to feed the Falklands
The struggle to eat a varied diet on a remote island in the South Atlantic
- 26 mins
- 14 Mar 2019
The Food ChainHow to date a vegan
What to do if you hate the way your partner eats
- 26 mins
- 07 Mar 2019
The Food ChainWhen foods get famous
Who cashes in when a fruit or vegetable reaches celebrity status?
- 26 mins
- 28 Feb 2019