It's not always straightforward to buy meat and other products of animals reared humanely, with as much space and freedom as possible, but Mrs. F. and I do our best. I like driving through Suffolk and seeing sociable groups of pigs outside their huts, and I detest cage and battery farming. I never buy meat from outside the UK.

It would do people good to have more connection with how animals are farmed and killed, if meat is part of their diet. I used to go fishing and rabbiting with my dad when I was a kid, and learned to skin and gut accordingly. When I was about 11 or so, I used to help out on a nearby smallholding - wringing chickens' necks. These chickens had run free and were well fed. I like vegetarian food, but I also like meat.