Chris Haskins: Former Food Production Adviser

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In the first of three profiles of people who have influenced the food we eat and helped shape the way we think about food, Simon Parkes meets Chris Haskins, former head of Northern Foods, now Lord Haskins of Skidby. As a supermarket supplier Chris Haskins helped develop some of the best selling dishes in recent history, including the chilled ready meal. After leaving Northern Foods he has advised the government on a range of issues including the future of farming. He is also a supporter of Genetic Modification and ambivalent about organic food. Simon Parkes visits Lord Haskins on his farm and finds out what have been the forces that have shaped him, talks to him about his own eating habits and also explores his thinking on issues ranging from food production through to supermarkets.