Pig Business

“Pig Business“ charts the four year investigation by mother and eco-campaigner Tracy Worcester who set out to discover who is paying the true price for the cheap imported pork for sale in supermarkets. From the giant pig factories in Poland to the sausages on British supermarket shelves, we hear from the individuals affected by this growing industry. We meet migrant workers and the small farmers they replace, find communities overshadowed by giant farms and hear from those affected by air and water pollution.

Pig Business investigates how giant pig companies have pioneered a farming system which harms consumers, damages the global environment and pushes traditional farmers out of business. We can see how, with the support of EU funding, eastern block countries have now become the launch pad enabling food multinationals to break into the European market. Tracy Worcester confronts several corporate executives and she witnesses how economic competition rules over compassion and common sense. Featuring interviews with Robert Kennedy Jr, and leading politicians, this grown up film will change the way we think about food and farming. It does not, however, intend to convince the viewer to go vegetarian, but rather to consume responsibly by favoring pork (and other products) from local farms instead of from supermarkets.