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Radio 4,26 Apr 2024,14 mins

Year's End

Growing Solo

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Max Cotton, a retired political journalist, leaves behind the weekly shop, supermarkets and the modern world to find out if he can grow and produce 100% of his food on a smallholding near Glastonbury. His only import for a year is salt. This is the final episode and marks the end of Max’s food self-sufficient year. Did he make it? Did he cheat? Did he lose weight? Was it too hard to be fun? All these questions are answered. This episode also explores some of the issues of trying to eat locally and seasonally. Presenter: Max Cotton Producer: Tessa Browne Executive Producer: Kate Dixon A Good Egg production for BBC Radio 4

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