Inside the Underground World of Illegal Smokies: The Politics of Food

Subscribe to Munchies here: In this episode of The Politics of Food, Ben Ferguson investigates the UK’s growing illegal trade in “smokies,” a West African delicacy that has been outlawed in Europe since 1987. Journeying through an underground economy that operates between rural Welsh farmers and urban African communities, he uncovers how black market traders are risking prison to buy and sell blowtorched sheep carcasses. Ben also meets the sheep farmers and families who