2012-ongoing
www.blackmarketpudding.co.uk
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Black Market Pudding represents a completely novel, ethically conscious, food product; a traditional blood sausage of the UK and Ireland – combining congealed pigs blood with various fats, cereals, herbs and spices – manufactured using blood taken from a living pig!
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An ingenious business model ensures a uniquely fair deal for farmer, animal and consumer.
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Through a routine veterinary procedure, blood is obtained from the animal in a humane, healthy and safe way.
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Producers are compensated for costs associated with breeding and maintaining the animals that are kept outside of the traditional food chain.
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Consumers pay premium market prices for these delicious puddings providing unparalleled peace of mind: No animals are harmed!
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Black Market Pudding originally produced and presented for Food Forward (curated by Karen Verschooren) exhibition at Stroom Den Haag, Netherlands.
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Presentations:
Stroom Den Haag, Food Forward, Netherlands, January 2012
Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Netherlands, May 2012
Krakow Theatrical Reminiscences, Poland, October 2012