Felicity Lawrence writes a comment piece in The Guardian in advance of Jamie Oliver's programme tonight 'Jamie saves our bacon'

'"The programme-makers can claim credit for having some impact already; supermarkets have decided to get ahead of the backlash by advertising their various moves to support happier pigs - and chickens - for those who are prepared to pay more. It suits retailers to throw the responsibility for the ills of industrial meat production back on to shoppers this way. But that alone is not enough.

The economic model on which today's intensive production is built disconnects what we pay at the till from what we pay as citizens. Paradoxically, it is a model that hits the poor hardest, and it is one that has been developed by government action, not by consumer choice. Only a radical overhaul of this so-called "cheap food" policy will ensure we have a system that is both affordable for everyone and sustainable morally and financially. We as taxpayers have to pay for this cheap food in so many other ways. As climate change bites, the bill for it will only get bigger."
The Guardian 29/1/09

Real Food Festival comment: You can see more on the subject of pork production and the corporate food system that Felicity talks about in a new documentary that will be screened on More 4 on 31st March at 10 pm called 'Pig Business' . Click here for more details