Passionate vegan and former Made In Chelsea star Lucy Watson clashed with a turkey farmer on This Morning today - questioning him 'what is a humane slaughter, exactly?'

Lucy, 27, grilled farmer Matt Carter over the practices adopted at Greendale Farm, near Exeter, during the tense debate on the programme.

Matt, 35, caused controversy earlier this month after his farm shop offered its customers the chance to name and look after their turkey for two months before it is slaughtered.

After his Facebook post went viral, he began receiving angry messages and phone calls from militant vegans - while the words 'Murder! Go vegan' were sprayed on the doors.

Passionate vegan and former Made In Chelsea star Lucy Watson (above) clashed with a turkey farmer on This Morning today

Matt Cater, 35, (above) caused controversy earlier this month after his farm shop in Exeter offered its customers the chance to name and look after their turkey for two months before it is slaughtered

On This Morning today, Lucy began questioning Matt after he described how his farm looks after animals in an 'ethical' way.

The reality star asked 'What do you mean by ethical exactly?', to which the farmer responded: 'Being well looked after, they're free-range, they're slaughtered humanely, and looked after in the best way possible'

Lucy then shot back: 'What is a humane slaughter, exactly?'. Matt replied: 'In the most stress-free way possible.'

She questioned 'And what does that entail?' to which the farmer said 'Well, it entails killing the turkey. There's no other way of getting you your Christmas dinner on the table without killing the turkey.'

During the debate, Lucy, who is a committed vegan, questioned Matt: 'what is a humane slaughter, exactly?'

Lucy also questioned Matt (right) looks after his animals in an 'ethical' way, to which he replied 'Being well looked after, they're free-range, they're slaughtered humanely'

The reality star admitted she thought Matt's offer for customers to name and look after their Christmas turkeys was 'psychotic at first', because it was 'treating them like pets'

Lucy then questioned 'Out of interest, how do kill the turkey?', to which Matt replied: 'You slit the turkey's throat'.

During the debate, Lucy admitted she thought Matt's offer for customers to name and look after their Christmas turkeys was 'psychotic at first', because it was 'treating them like pets'.

She continued: 'Obviously, I disagree with the killing of animals full-stop.

'But I've thought about it and in a way I think it's good, because I want people to have a connection with animals.

'They have souls, they feel pain, they're gentle creatures that mean no harm to us.'

Greendale Farm Shop's post earlier this month (above) quickly garnered thousands of comments from outraged vegans

The words 'Murder! Go vegan' were painted on the front doors of the farm shop in response

Responding to Lucy's comments, Matt said: 'If vegans are going to target anymore, I don't think a small farm shop is the best place to start.'

Describing the abuse he's received from vegans, he added: 'It just stared with keyboard warriors, Then we started getting a few phone calls, then we had graffiti on the doors.

'Then a few of my own staff have been targeted on social media.'

Explaining why he decided to make the offer to customers, he said: 'I'm a father, and I want my children to know where their meat comes from, what it's about being a farmer.

'[I want them] to know that their food doesn't just come straight out of the packet from a supermarket.'

Matt also revealed that turkey sales at his farm have doubled thanks to the publicity his shop has received this month.

This Morning airs on weekdays from 10.30am on ITV.