Seeds
From politics to pleasure: The Food Programme
BBC Radio 4's Food Programme turns 40 this year. With a mission to explore the world of food "from culture to cooking, from politics to pleasure" each week host Sheila Dillon, producer Dan Saladino… Audio
The UN declaration on the rights of peasants - what it means
Marc Edelman explains what the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas means. Just seven countries voted against its adoption recently, and of those was NZ… Audio
Native Christmas trees
Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White gets into native trees for your garden; where to find them and where to plant them. She'll also have hints about which native trees to use for Christmas. Audio
Labour Day weekend gardening with Xanthe White
Xanthe has tips, tricks and suggestions to get your garden growing this spring, including seeds, rotation and how to establish healthy watering patterns now that will make your garden robust for the… Audio
Autumn gardening with Xanthe White
Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White on what to do in the garden as the weather gets colder and the ground gets wetter. It's all about composting and pruning at this time of year. She'll also… Audio
He's not going FAR
Nick Pyke reflects on two decades at the helm of the Foundation for Arable Research in Christchurch. The outgoing chief executive talks about the evolution of cropping, the challenges he has faced and… Audio
Plants that like it hot with Xanthe White
Getting out the garden sprinkler in hot weather might seem logical but landscape designer Xanthe White says pouring on the water isn't the best way to help your plants endure the heat. Audio
What to plant this Labour weekend
Landscape designer Xanthe White on what to plant on Labour day so you have the best crop come Christmas time. Audio
Native seed bank
The New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank is collecting and storing the seeds of native plants as a long-term insurance policy to ensure the survival of species. Audio, Gallery
Rooting for the Radish
Geraldine farmers Gerald and Judy Pemberton grow Komatsuna radish seeds for South Pacific Seeds, a specialist hybrid vegetable seed production company based in Methven. The company also donates some… Audio
ASB Tennis Classic live Report
There have been a number a shock upsets in the first three days of the women's ASB tennis Classic in Auckland, with three of the top four seeds already knocked out of the competition. Here to tell us… Audio
The Triumph of Seeds
'The Triumph of Seeds' is the name of Thor Hanson's book describing how grains, nuts, kernels, pulses and pips have shaped human history. Audio
Guest
International potato industry expert Professor Gary Secor of the Plant Pathology Department at North Dakota State University is a keynote speaker at the The Potatoes NZ Inc. annual conference in… Audio
Kapiti Seedbank
Anna Butterfield sees seeds as cultural artefacts, each bean or basil seed carrying the story of its cultivation. And when you consider there are 300 000 edible plants in the world - and we only eat… Audio
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Jane Toll of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, works for one of the organisations that oversees The Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores 825,000 samples from more than 200 crops in the permafrost on a… Audio
A New Home for Koanga Institute and Gardens
For the past 25 years Kay Baxter and her husband Bob Corker have been saving New Zealand's heritage fruit trees and vegetables at Koanga Gardens in Kaiwaka. But five years ago they decided they needed… Audio
