I recently saw a film that changed my life. It is easy to say this, but films that change your life are few and far between. The film was called “Pig Business”. Because of it I changed my attitude to cheap, processed meat. As an animal lover, I found some of the scenes heartbreakingly haunting.
Pig Business charts the rise of the factory farm in the USA and the spread of the industrial model into Europe. As we follow filmmaker Tracy Worcester from the giant pig factories in Poland to the sausages on our supermarket shelves, we hear from the individuals affected by this growing industry. We meet migrant workers and the small farmers they replace, find communities overshadowed by giant farms and hear from those affected by air and water pollution.
The experts, including Robert Kennedy Junior, expose the controversial practices of the multinational meat corporations – from the environmental impacts to the destruction of rural livelihoods at home and abroad. As the hidden long-term consequences of factory farming become apparent you find yourself asking ‘does it have to be like this?’. Pig Business shows that all is not lost; consumers have a choice, to support a cruel and unsustainable industry or buy high welfare meat that doesn’t cost the earth
The film has done well in the UK. It ws recently shown at the Real Food Festival and has been shown at The House of Commons. Further afield Tracy will be in Canada presenting the film at Ideas City, Toronto Canada in mid- June.
To help out on the campiagn and find out more info follow the link
www.pigbusiness.co.uk
