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Winter Solstice Feast

Max Cotton tries to complete a year of total food self-sufficiency on his tiny farm in Somerset. He wants to test to destruction our ideas of eating seasonally and locally.

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.

In this third episode, Max gets to grips with the grisly process of turning farm animals into meat, and he has to come to terms with a disastrous potato harvest that could threaten the viability of the project. Max and his neighbours also gather in grapes for winemaking and we learn how best to pluck a Christmas turkey.

Presenter: Max Cotton
Producer: Tessa Browne
Executive Producer: Kate Dixon

A Good Egg production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Aug 2024 12:15

Broadcasts

  • Wed 24 Apr 2024 13:45
  • Sat 10 Aug 2024 19:00
  • Sun 11 Aug 2024 12:15