Food
Midday Rural News for 11 July 2023
The Southland Regional Council is standing by its decision to order five farmers to stop winter grazing.
Sally Wenley has the rural news. Audio
Food trading platform hopes to grow nationwide
In Hawke's Bay, food trading platform Magic Beans is doing its best to combat the rising cost of food and interpersonal disconnection in some communities.
How to get the most out of shopping at an Asian supermarket
This week in our expert feature we're talking about traversing the aisles of Asian supermarkets which have sprung up all over the country. To help navigate through them we talk to former Master chef… Audio
Serving up community spirit in Woodville
Every Tuesday, the owner of Woodville's Smoke 'n Wood restaurant puts on a community dinner. Karen Joblin serves home style comfort food to around 70 people for a pay-what-you-can donation. Audio
Midday Rural News for 10 July 2023
Primary Industry exporters are getting ready to take advantage of the EU free trade deal.
Sally Wenley has the rural news.
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Vegetable trading app to roll out nationally
A Hawke's Bay social media group for locals to trade their homegrown fruit and veges is set to roll out nationally.
Organisers of the Magic Beans cooperative hope there may even be a global appetite… Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Martin Pupuke
Joining us from our bustling fresh produce market is our Associate Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Martin Pupuke. Audio
Making recipes found on gravestones
A university researcher based in Los Angeles, Rosie Grant, says gravestone recipes are becoming popular in the US as a way to memorialise loved ones. Audio
A quarter-acre food paradise in Gisborne
Adrian Sutherland has more than a hundred fruit trees on his slice of suburban Gisborne and plenty of veges besides. Audio
Potato, Mascarpone and Lemon Hash Cakes
Today's recipe was created by chef and My Weekend Table founder Gretchen Lowe talks about how to take the simple vegetable and create a delicious week night meal or decadent weekend brunch treat. Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 July 2023
Bull auctions wrapped up this week.
Farmers around the country sought out the best genetics to add to their breeding stock.
Kim Moodie has the rural news. Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Martin Pupuke
Our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is on assignment in Australia - setting up a high commission or something.. So in his place is associate Minister Martin Pupuke.. Audio
'Consumers overseas love our wine': Industry savours record $2.3b in exports
Wine exports have surged to a record level with volumes up 20 percent, despite the extreme weather growers have faced in the past year.
"Kinanomics" leading the way for a new delicacy to export
If you crack open a spiky kina shell you'll find what many people consider a seafood delicacy - the roe. But over fishing has resulted in a massive increase in kina, leading to kina barrens - areas… Audio
Midday Rural News for 5 July 2023
A new venture is catching kina and feeding them in land-based tanks to bolster their roe production which is apparently delicious to eat.
Sally Wenley has the rural news. Audio
