Potatoes

Sarah Mosley is a chip off the old block. The former Wellington hotel manager is following in her father's footsteps after she headed home to join the family potato-growing business in South Otago. Audio

Haysley MacDonald was born and bred on the family farm near Marlborough's Wairau Bar, or Te Pokohiwi. The coastal land, that overlooks Cloudy Bay, is where his ancestors first landed over 800 years… Audio

Cam Booker is hoping a good crowd will turn up on Christmas eve to dig their own spuds and pick peas at his market garden in Sefton. Audio

Alan Wilcox of Pukekohe celebrated his 100th birthday. He walks down a lifetime and legacy of growing with Country Life. Audio

Biotechnologist David Leung finds ways to make plants solve environmental issues. Audio

Our expert segment today is all about the vegetable we spend more money on than any other. Audio

A study out of Stony Brook University has found cognitive ageing starts earlier than expected. That's the bad news. The good news is that it looks like this process can be prevented - or even reversed… Audio

Country Life's whipping around the country to hear about 'the year that's been' for our food producers. Audio

Abel Tasman and James Cook’s first contacts with Māori were complex and sometimes violent. Europeans brought new technologies, food and ideas, such as muskets, potatoes and Christianity. In some cases… Audio

The value of New Zealand's third largest horticultural export crop is growing. Audio

Fourth generation potato grower Brett De Campo says there's a glut of potatoes following the de-regulation of Western Australia's potato growing industry. Audio

Weeks of warm, wet weather in the Pukekohe district has lead to a glut of vegetables. Growers are getting as little as 30 cents per head of broccoli. Audio

Cam and Melissa Booker grow more than 30 varieties of fruit and vegetables at their market garden in North Canterbury. All the produce, as well as apples from the family orchard in Motueka, is sold at… Video, Audio

North Otago spud grower Jim O'Gorman reckons the Kakanui soil is the secret to his potatoes, which Government House has ordered specifically for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Video, Audio

Paul 'Spud' Olsen grow potatoes in Opiki and keeps putting his hand up to be involved in farming and growing organisations. Audio