Show Notes
This week Country Life gets some tips for the coming season from drought-hardened farmers, meets a flower grower turning blooms into bouquets and balms and heads to the Clash of the Colleges where students compete in ag events. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here. In this episode: 1:09 - Rural News Wrap 9:33 - The Potion Room: 'Therapeutic flowers' 16:06 - A clash-course in agriculture 29:46 - Lessons from the dry years as El Niño gathers force With thanks to: Kelly Doyle, The Potion Room Daniel O'Regan, Tess Bamford, Maddi Ballinger, Evan McSherry, and Chris Adams Willie Falloon, Hannah French, John Booth, and Robert Hickson Make sure you’re following us on your favourite podcast app, so you don’t miss new episodes every Friday evening. Send us your feedback or get in touch at [email protected] Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Country Life hops in the cab of a stock truck moving cattle, joins a crew planting a food forest in Canterbury and takes a tour of the country's largest wool scouring factory. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here. In this episode: 1:06 - Rural News Wrap 8:15 - Fleece flies again at Napier's WoolWorks 16:10 - Future-focussed food forests 32:04 - Ride along: 90 years of helping drive Hawke's Bay's economy With thanks to: Rosstan Mazey and Tony Cunningham Chrystal O'Connor, Jorie Knook, Hiraina Tangiora, and Harry Baitz John Robson, Bruce Stephenson, Todd Stephenson, and Kim McRae Make sure you’re following us on your favourite podcast app, so you don’t miss new episodes every Friday evening. Send us your feedback or get in touch at [email protected] Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Gianina takes a drive through remote parts of Hawke's Bay with Stephenson Transport, a multi-generation family run business still going strong.
A supermarket in forest form - Anisha joins researchers at Lincoln University to see how fruits, veggies and medicinal plants can coexist in a food forest.
After devastating cyclone damage, WoolWorks' Napier plant is humming again, transforming fleece from hill country shearing sheds into the clean, dry, pressed, product ready for carpet makers and other manufacturers. Country Life takes a tour.