McDonald's farm offer for Olympics
With 14 million meals to be provided in just four weeks, the London 2012 Games is set to be Britain's biggest peacetime catering operation.
Fast food giant McDonald's made the offer as part of a drive to
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Several Yorkshire farms will be involved in the project, with Yorkshire produced beef, pork and potatoes on the menu.
Food at previous Games has been "poor", London 2012 chairman Lord Coe admitted but he described the olympics as "a genuine opportunity for British agriculture".