The British pig farming industry is in crisis. Brexit and Covid, have created a chronic labour shortage in abattoirs, which has led to a back-log of 200,000 mature pigs across British farms. British pig farmers face a precarious reality.

Meanwhile, the population as a whole has lost touch with where its food comes from.

22 Weeks is an unflinching look at the life cycle of a group of pigs, from birth to butcher,
through the eyes of the farmers who raise them.