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The Harvest

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.

This second episode gets off to a bad start as getting the wheat in is hampered by badgers and a pre-Stone Age harvesting system. Max explores making bread from the wheat he鈥檚 grown, discusses having a house cow and making cheese, and deals with the shock of going without tea and coffee.

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

A Good Egg production for 成人快手 Radio 4

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 4 Aug 2024 12:15

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  • Tue 23 Apr 2024 13:45
  • Sat 3 Aug 2024 19:00
  • Sun 4 Aug 2024 12:15