The Big Table, with Philip Lymbery

Philip joins the great and the good of the food world in Abergavenny this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the very first food festivals in the UK. Here he talks to The Guardian's restaurant critic, Masterchef pundit and judge on BBC Two’s Great British Menu, Grace Dent, also in Abergavenny for the first time, about being 'almost vegan' in the world of food. ...

CEO of Compassion in World Farming, Philip Lymbery shares a childhood love of conservation with TV presenter and one of Britain's best loved naturalists, Chris Packham and asks him about the big topics facing our food, the countryside, and animal welfare. ...

Business woman and TV celebrity, Deborah Meaden is known for her appearances on Dragon's Den and Strictly Come Dancing, but she is also a well known and passionate animal lover, a committed supporter of many animal charities and a champion of animal causes. Most recently Deborah played a significant role with TUSK in getting ivory banned from the UK, and talks to Philip on the blog about industrial farming of animals and Compassion's fight to stop live exports [http://philiplymbery.com/live-transport-must-be-stopped-deborah-meaden](http://) Here she talks to him about the need for labelling in foods. ...

Philip meets Seth Goldman as he launches the much anticipated Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger at Honest Burgers in the UK this month, and in 350 Tesco stores in August. ...

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Philip meets the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, Erik Solheim to discuss the UNEP's priorities and finds out how fixing the global food system is central to its work. ...