• Country Life

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Country Life

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  • The Country Life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand.
    (C) Radio New Zealand 2025
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  • FULL SHOW: Country Life for 28 February 2025

    FULL SHOW: Country Life for 28 February 2025
    Feb 28 2025

    We meet a small-scale farmer who has big ideas on how smaller farms can help solve the growing problem of food insecurity in New Zealand and a Southland deer farmer, who's invented a non-polluting baleage wrap that animals can eat.

    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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    51 mins
  • Small but mighty - could small-scale farms be the best way to feed the country?

    Small but mighty - could small-scale farms be the best way to feed the country?
    Feb 28 2025

    Seven-hectares can produce a "magnificent" amount of food. So says small-scale farmer and Kellogg scholar Alison Bentley who's done just that, growing beef cattle, hazelnuts and a wide range of fruit on her small farm near Rotorua.

    Alison Bentley's Kellogg research report titled "Small scale food growers and their role in New Zealand's sustainable food future" can be found here

    Here is a link to the "Peri-Urban Design" concept Alison spoke of.

    Results of the hazelnut trial can be found here

    Alison’s website: https://tikiterefarm.co.nz/

    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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    24 mins
  • Farmer rapt with edible bale netting

    Farmer rapt with edible bale netting
    Feb 28 2025

    Plastic free paddocks have become a reality thanks to Grant Lightfoot. The Orepuke deer farmer has invented a nonpolluting baleage wrap that animals can eat.

    More info and photos can be found here

    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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    12 mins

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