Producers supplying Farmdrop, an online farmers’ market that provides Londoners with fresh produce.
Pork, chicken, lamb, beef, eggs, dairy – it all came from a farmer getting up early and working on your behalf – as these Farmdrop producers did. Here are some other farmers that I have met during research for my book The Ethical Carnivore. I will try and update it as I go along… Read more
Scott Jago has just started fishing. His real love is his band The Lost Boyz.
Most of the research for my book is meeting the people who catch and kill the meat and fish we eat on our behalf. I’m learning a lot from these people and since I can’t include them all in the book, here is a rolling blog (that will hopefully be updated) of just some of the characters I have met. Read more
My rifle skills are improving but does that mean I’ll make a clean shot?
My year spent only eating animals I have killed myself has featured on the BBC and in Scottish Field, leading to some expected ribbing about ‘glamorous’ photos with guns and some unexpected conclusions about the nature of shooting. Read more
Rabbit features in much of our childhood literature but it will also feature in the kill to eat diet.
I am often asked why I have not eaten more rabbit on this journey. The simple answer is that it takes time to learn to shoot a rabbit properly. There is also the Watership Down problem. Read more
Cod caught off the east coast of Scotland
During the winter months it was difficult to find something to eat, but there is plenty of life in the sea – or there was. Read more
I spent the winter learning how to shoot
I grew up in the countryside, so it may seem strange to call this my first shooting season. But this is the first time I’ve actually held a gun. Read more
Wild soay sheep
This blog is about to get bloody. Sorry, but I did say I was writing a book about only eating animals I have killed myself. This means at some point I will have to kill something. The point is to do it in as humane a way as possible and to educate people about where meat comes from. Read more
H is for Hawk has won the Samuel Johnson prize
The world is going crazy for H is for Hawk, the first memoir to win the Samuel Johnson Prize. I think I know why. Read more
Pan Roasted Pigeon with Orange Braised Lentils, Chicory & Hazlenuts
If you want to only eat animals you have killed yourself, the traditional place to start is learning to shoot a pigeon. I was fortunate enough to also learn how to cook one with the former winner of MasterChef. Read more
A walked-up grouse shoot beneath the wind turbines
Since I have pledged to only eat animals I have killed myself, I decide to go grouse shooting on the Glorious 12th and start off the project with a bang. It doesn’t quite go to plan…
