He’s earned himself the moniker “The Mindful Farmer” but when Patrick Mulcahy first started practising “mindfulness” it was no more than an eight year-old’s efforts to keep anxiety at bay.

For this year’s sausage survey we focused on a high proportion of meat. It had to be over 65% — a substantial sausage that would barbecue well in summer, but that also could be simmered gently in a tomato sauce for 15 minutes to make a quick meal — this way, sausages don’t have to be grilled/fried first.