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The not so glamorous life of flower farming
Kate Briant, of The Rural Florist, on how growing flowers helps her juggle a busy young family while keeping her close to her roots in horticulture. Audio
Healthy cows and soils puts spring in farmers step
The last time Country Life visited John Legg's Leeston dairy farm, he was adopting regenerative practices across the property. Five years later, he tells Cosmo it's been a big learning curve but he's… Audio
Country Life for Friday 25 October 2024
This week Country Life catches up with a dairy farmer embracing regenerative farming, a Gisborne flower farmer who makes beautiful bouquets between juggling two young kids and finds out how a farm… Audio
Country Life: The truth about flower farming
Kate Briant, of The Rural Florist, juggles a busy young family with her burgeoning flower growing business.
Getting cosy and creative under canvas
A riverside tent becomes a classroom for the day for children taking part in the Ruamāhanga Farm Foundation project, connecting the awa with the local community.
Midday Rural News for 25 October 2024
Midday Rural News for 25 October 2024 Audio
Gisborne farmers fight for cyclone bridge rebuilds
A collection of Gisborne families are still anxiously awaiting updates about council-owned bridges destroyed during Cyclone Gabrielle, cutting them off from public roads.
Morning Rural News for 25 October 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Growers ponder ways to make mushrooms more appealing
The sector is hoping to spawn a fungi revival to get more of the healthy food item onto kitchen tables to boost grower returns.
Midday Rural News for 24 October 2024
Midday Rural News for 24 October 2024 Audio
New Zealand's rate of afforestation worrying, Beef and Lamb NZ says
Latest figures show at least 261,000 hectares of sheep and beef farmland have been converted into forestry since 2017.
Morning Rural News for 24 October 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 23 October 2024
Midday Rural News for 23 October 2024 Audio
Morning Rural News for 23 October 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Why farmers are turning to bio-char
A Southland couple is looking to the past to help curb farm emissions and boost yields. Audio
Midday Rural News for 22 October 2024
A five kilometre wide fire is continuing to spread in Waikato. Audio
Midday Rural News for 21 October 2024
Midday Rural News for 21 October 2024 Audio
Morning Rural News for 21 October 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
From the Archive A day in the life of a rural postie
In a trip to the archives we join rural delivery man Doug Wilson on his 100 kilometre daily run around the big stations around Taihape, from a feature produced in 1985 by the team from long-running… Audio
