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How to feed the Falklands

How to feed the Falklands

FromThe Food Chain


How to feed the Falklands

FromThe Food Chain

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How does a tiny community living on a series of rugged, windswept islands in the south west Atlantic Ocean manage to eat a varied diet? The Falkland Islands have more sheep than people, and its waters are teaming with squid, but fresh fruit and vegetables are very hard to come by. And when it does arrive, almost all of it by sea, it’s not at all cheap – a pineapple, for example, can cost up to $20. But there are efforts to change that - food writer and chef Gerard Baker meets the islanders trying to be more self-sufficient and championing their own produce.

This is a rebroadcast of an episode of The Food Programme that first aired on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.

(Image: Farm building on a remote shore on the Falkland Islands Image Credit: Bruce Wilson Photography/Getty Images)
Released:
Mar 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.