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Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story

Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story rather than just read about it. In short: Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story is a 2020 documentary film focussing on an undercover investigation of a UK pig farm. The film was created by UK charity Viva!, directed by Tony Wardle and presented by Jerome Flynn.

Key takeaways

Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story is a 2020 documentary film focussing on an undercover investigation of a UK pig farm. The film was created by UK charity Viva!, directed by Tony Wardle and presented by Jerome Flynn. The film explores issues with factory farming such as animal cruelty and disease outbreaks and suggests it is a leading cause of climate change.

Synopsis The documentary follows a team of undercover investigators as they explore Hogwood, a pig farm based in Warwickshire, England, as well as other farms in the UK. The footage shown throughout the film suggests evidence of overcrowding, mutilation, sick and injured pigs, dead pigs, and cannibalism.

Background Hogwood was a Red Tractor approved pig farm supplying UK supermarket Tesco and food producer Cranswick plc. Between 2017 and 2019, Viva! investigated Hogwood four times obtaining the footage shown in the 2020 documentary. During that time, Viva! held a number of protests including a nationwide day of action resulting in over 300 demonstrations outside Tesco stores to spread awareness to the public and put pressure on Tesco and Red Tractor to drop the farm as a supplier. On 19 July 2019, in response to the footage obtained by Viva!'s fourth and final investigation, Red Tractor suspended Hogwood Farm's certification pending further investigation. Shortly afterwards, Tesco and Cranswick plc dropped Hogwood as a supplier.

Production The film was crowdfunded through Viva!’s website with 930 supporters contributing a total of £42,501, exceeding their target by 42%.

Broadcast and streaming The film was initially released in June 2020 on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Google Play. In October 2022, it was released on Netflix.

Featured individuals Jerome Flynn (actor, singer, activist) Juliet Gellatley (activist, author) Joseph Poore (environmental researcher) Josh Cullimore (physician) Alice Brough (veterinarian, activist)

Awards and nominations

See also List of vegan media Veganism Intensive animal farming Environmental impact of meat production

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story

In research: Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2020 British films, 2020 films, Films about animal rights, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story in simple terms?

Why does Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story.