Eating the planet
A half-eaten breakfast
How do cows get into a lasagne?
Turning the raw ingredients into edible foodstuffs takes the intervention of technology. Follow food from pasture to plate.
Fancy an English?
Gordon Ramsay samples the delights of 15th Century supper - so how modern is modern British food?
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What impact does your diet have on the planet? Is your fast food contributing to global warming? Explore the true costs of your diet.
Launch "Your diet - at what cost"
The tool is a Flash file. There is also a simple HTML version.