Beans v Chicken

Max Cotton is deep into a year of eating only UK-grown food. Christmas is a surprisingly easy time to eat seasonally and locally. Could humble British pulses help tackle the climate crisis and reshape our diets?

There’s a catch - and it calls for eating less chicken. Max heads to the regenerative farming festival Groundswell, where the idea of chicken as a once a month luxury is the norm. Chicken may often be seen to have a relatively low climate impact, however when over two million chickens are slaughtered a day in the UK, the negative environmental impacts can be overwhelming.

Presenter: Max Cotton
Producer: Tessa Browne
Executive Producer: Kate Dixon
A Good Egg production for BBC Radio 4