Did you watch the new BBC2 series 'The Future of Food' on Monday? It's fronted by George Alagiah and the first episode (two more to come) covered a lot of ground that will be familiar to those with a concern about our global food supply system.

George looked at issues of oil dependency, climate change, water scarcity, health/obesity and UK food security. All pretty worrying! When George A visited Cuba he was surprised to find that the modern Cuban diet was a) largely vegetarian and b) fairly limited in terms of variety (he had the same beans/rice combo for lunch and dinner). He commented that he couldn't see consumers in the UK accepting that but it that it was an obvious, and in the case of Cuba, necessary response to oil supply shortages.

The question it raised in my mind was 'what do we, in the UK regard as a "proper" meal?' Most people I know would consider anything without meat to be a bit of a 'make do' snack. What's your view? We really have to consider the reality of how we respond to food supply issues in the future and it is patently obvious that a high meat and dairy based diet is going to have to change.

How will the UK react to this do you think? And how should we start to change attitudes from now on? Do let me have your thoughts.....

If you missed it you can watch the first programme on the BBC iPlayer