Mindful Food and the Art of Attention
Why the simple art of paying attention could be the secret to great food and drink.
The Food Programme · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
In a world where our attention spans are getting shorter, where we are rewarded not for the attention we pay to others but the attention we receive – is it time we re-evaluated the value of attentive growing and farming, and mindful eating?
Could paying attention, as cheesemonger and podcast host Sam Wilkin argues, be the secret to great food and drink production and relishing what we consume on a daily basis?
Sam takes us to Westcombe Dairy, where he’s been following their transition to regenerative agriculture for the past year, as part of the Westcombe Project. We visit a pioneering island distillery in the Inner Hebrides, as well as growers and brewers at an inaugural organic food festival in the East Neuk of Fife.
The common thread that binds them? The belief that a more attentive approach has the power to transform the food system and improve our lives in the process.
Presented by Jaega Wise. Produced by Robbie Armstrong in Glasgow.