Country Life for Friday 22 March 2024

7:00 PM.This week Country Life takes you to an Auckland lab making cheese without the need for a cow, and a start-up in Marlborough which is busy recycling damaged vineyard posts into low cost posts for farm… Read more Audio

7:12 PM.A declaration of drought for Otago and Canterbury unlocking new funding support for struggling farmers. Read more Audio

7:18 PM.Justin Gregory tries Daisy Lab's prototype precision-fermented products, which aim to have the texture and mouthfeel of dairy product, but are made without input from a cow. Read more Audio

7:27 PM.A start-up in Marlborough is busy repurposing damaged vineyard posts, that were used to hold up the canopy, into sustainable posts for farm fencing. Read more Audio

7:40 PM.A distinctive booming sound is returning to the Wairarapa Moana. Most of the surrounding wetlands have been lost after land was drained for farming. Now, after years of rehabilitation work, more of… Read more Video, Audio