In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of 16 million people, we have 12 million pigs. And well, of course, the Dutch can't eat… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I followed this one pig with number '05049,' all the way up until the end and to what products it's made of. And in these years, I met all kinds people like, for instance, farmers and butchers, which seems logical.… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
In the Netherlands - where I come from - you actually never see a pig, which is really strange, because, in a population of… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Generally, our products today are so… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I followed this one pig with number '05049,' all the way up until the end and to what products it's made of. And in… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
In interior decorating, the pig's actually quite there. It's used in paint for the texture, but also for the glossiness. In sandpaper, bone glue… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
Even if you are genuinely interested in what is in your products, it is extremely difficult and often impossible to find out. — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I bought a year's production of flax from a single field owned by a Dutch producer. That's 10,000 kilograms of flax, enough to enable… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
In soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent, but also for giving it a pearl-like effect. — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
I discovered that bone china was a British invention, which had been developed by a pottery sited next to a slaughterhouse - 'bone' china,… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
