Synopsis
Main courses are matched up to see which has the worst carbon footprint.
- Programme: Horizon
- Series: 2021
- Episode: Feast to Save the Planet
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography | Sustainable food production | Food production
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