Country Life for Friday 26 June 2020

9:33 PM.Graham and Tess Smith live in a beautiful valley 50 minutes' drive south of Hamilton. Their dairy farm is tiny by today's standards with just 83 cows but that's just the way Graham wants it. He also… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:24 PM.The Exotic Mushroom Company is based in a purpose-built facility near Templeton on the outskirts of Christchurch. It’s here that Japanese born Natsu Adachi grows shiitake mushrooms that she sells… Read more Audio

9:13 PM.A rural boutique fermentary uses wild, edible plants, herbs and locally grown veggies to create nutritious food. Kelli Walker has started a fermentary on a country road near her hometown of Clevedon.

9:07 PM.In Waikato much of the week felt like it was the middle of spring, the temperature hit 20 degrees on Monday but on Thursday it was back to being drizzly and cold. It's been a miserable week of weather… Read more Audio

9:00 PM.Miraka Farm, Turning shiitake mushrooms into potent powder, Fermenting for Good, and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio