To think people only listen when it comes from a celeb and it's on telly all week?

[PeachesMcLean]

DH has just preached to me about chicken.
"why don't we get better chickens? have you seen the state of them? Get a bigger one and use the left overs. You should you know." etc

When did my husband suddenly get concerned about the world beyond himself?

This is the man who always chucks out the chicken carcass regardless of how much more you could get off it.
Who only recycles when nagged.
Who is about to buy a 2.3 litre car.
Who constantly leaves the lights on around the house.
Who drives to the corner shop.
Who wouldn't think twice about food miles / buying local (except where it's a poncey lifestyle choice from the farmers market...)
Who throws stones at the cats who come in the garden.

Why do I feel slightly sceptical that he suddenly cares about chickens?

sounds like my husband. His pet subject is the greenhouse effect. This means shivering in a cold house while all the lights are left on and he operates a system of selective recycling (ie when he remembers or is nagged).
I just ignore him and put the heating on whenever I feel cold.

Do all men 'forget to recycle'??? My dp never recycles anything either.

I think you're right - about the celebrity factor that is, not about men and recycling, my husband is great!

I would really love it if all those programmes on at the moment really led to people viewing their food and how it's produced in a new light. However, a year or so ago there were a few similar programmes on supermarkets and food production in general and I remember loads of people on sites like this swearing they'd never touch a cheap chicken again. Yet sales of cheap chickens and battery eggs haven't plunged as a result.

I watched 'Jamie's Fowl Dinners' last night and the thing that really stood out for me was how thick people must be. So many people claimed not to know how chickens and eggs were produced. Alright, they might not be expected to know every little detail or nuance, but the conditions of battery hens and mass-produced chickens have been in the media for years now. It's not 'new' news. Where have all these people been living?

Mind you, Hugh and Jamie have had one impact on my husband - he now really wants one of those things used to stun the chickens! That just looked so efficient and humane. We rear our own meat birds, but not on the scale that would make it economical to buy a stunner thingy, so I think he'll have to wait on that one!

If the price of a food item is low enough then people will overlook how it is produced. During the outbreak of foot and mouth about 10 years ago, my local Sainsbury's reduced the price of beef by more than half. They were quickly snapped up.