This was a series I just watched on the Asian Food Channel. Its a reality show where 6 Brits are sent to some part of the world to see where their food comes from.
It is really an eye opener for me as well as today they were supposed to see how the frozen prawns in their British supermarket ended there. They were first sent to Indonesia to work in a Fresh Water prawn farm.
They worked in muddy conditions, doing hard labour while trying to keep the prawns frome scaping during high tides due to the heavy rain. And for about 2 weeks work, the farm yielded 80kgs of fresh prawns and they were paid about 40k rupiahs, just about enough for a McValue meal.
Next, they worked in a prawn processing factory in Indonesia where the average worker had to peel about 1000 prawns an hour, without defect. And their wage? about 40 pence per hour.
It's shocking how little these people are paid when freshly peeled prawns are sold at about 25-30 pounds(Brit currency) per kilo. Its obvious that the middle men take most of the cut. And there is so much haqrd intensive labour involved.
I think this show will teach us to appreciate the food that is served on our tables and not to complain orr waste. Food is a very precious resource and we should think about how much hard work is involved to get the food on our plates.
Highly recommended TV series. Next week, they will be working in the Paddy fields of Thailand. Should be an interesting watch =)
Boodyboy, out!!!
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