The Food Chain

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes t

Episodes

Total: 472

Plough Your Own Furrow?

2016/7/2

The British people have voted to quit the European Union. That would leave the UK once again in char

Mind your Manners

2016/6/25

It's not what you eat, but the way that you eat it on this week's The Food Chain. As people are expo

A rebel grandmother faces losing her livelihood after smuggling maple syrup in Canada, a Vermont gar

Faster Food

2016/6/11

As the Olympic torch edges closer to Rio, we explore how food can make you a better athlete. We star

Extreme Farming

2016/6/4

How has one of the world’s smallest countries become one of its biggest food producers? This week we

We know that both smoking and obesity can contribute to an early death. In fact health professionals

Fish Fight

2016/5/21

Fish are a vital source of protein around the world, but there are ever more fishermen chasing ever

A Dog's Dinner?

2016/5/14

Pet food is a global multi-billion dollar industry, but does it cater more to us humans than our fou

How does a country feed itself following an earthquake, flood or drought? The Food Chain looks at th

It has been described as the ultimate marketing trick, but the allure of bottled water is something

The animals we eat consume more than 60% of the world’s antibiotics - but not always because they ar

Food Chain Late Night

2016/4/9

As part of the BBC’s Identity season we meet the people who feed us after hours, following the chara

Front of House

2016/4/2

What’s life like for a career waiter at the top of their game? The Food Chain looks at the business

Food and Nostalgia

2016/3/26

Manuela Saragosa explores the power food has to evoke memory and how memory impacts the food we eat.

Food that has been processed, packaged, flavoured and often pre-cooked for us has increasingly becom

This week, the Food Chain delves deep into food waste: a global problem of epic proportions that is

From power lunches to 'desktop dining', we unpick the relationship between food and the workplace. W

Nothing to eat but stale bread and water - an enduring image of incarceration, but what part should

The Truth About Diabetes

2016/2/6

Over 347 million people worldwide have diabetes, and that figure is set to rise to half a billion in

Down with 'Foodies'?

2015/12/12

Is being cool a sign of culinary class? In the autumn of 2015 the Cereal Killer café in East London