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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

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The Food Chain: Let’s take a lunch break!

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01/06/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, Let’s take a lunch break!

Advocates of the working lunch tell us why we should make time for it

A lunch break can tell you quite a lot about a country’s work culture; ranging from two-hour, luxuriant pauses in some parts of the world, to a couple of minutes, snack-in-hand at a desk, in others.  

For decades, people have built up camaraderie by meeting informally and in person, but technology and the pandemic have changed that.  

In this programme, Ruth Alexander goes in search of the meaning and purpose of the lunch break; from power lunches in the heady world of international finance, to a simple snack and a chat with a colleague, and asks, what do we stand to lose if we don’t take a proper break? 

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk 

(Picture: Two female colleagues, laughing over a meal. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)

Producer: Elisabeth Mahy

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