The BBC reports that fast food giant Burger King is to begin sourcing its foods from more ethical suppliers. Starting in the US and Canada, the burger chain says it aims to source 2% of its eggs from cage-free chicken suppliers, along with 10% of pork from free range pigs.

The numbers aren’t all that impressive - only 2% ?? - but it’s a start at least. (Hmm, next up - organic chicken McNuggets? Nah…)

The bad news about bird flu entering the UK has sparked off a debate about whether intensive farming is to blame, at least in part, for this latest food scare. Now I’m certainly no defender of Bernard Matthews or the terrible cruelty involved in factory farming, but I think that pointing the finger in this case is misleading and potentially even damaging.

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