We’re pressuring farmers to solve complex challenges like water quality, but are we missing the bigger picture? What about the fundamentals around our food system model – the unpaid true cost of food, disconnected customers and the lack of incentives that support lighter farming. Through the Taupo Beef brand, Mike & Sharon Barton are rebuilding the…

All this talk about upending business as usual, moving up the value chain and diversifying our land use is great – but without the energy, entrepreneurial spirit and boldness of young people, we’re not going anywhere. We asked Rob Barry, Sustainability Lead at BEL Group, a New Zealand Young Farmer's board member and 27 year old millennial, what it …

Bailey Peryman is helping young people grow – literally. Through Cultivate Christchurch, an urban farm in the heart of the garden city, Bailey and the team are pioneering a new type of food system - local, circular and centred on human health and connection. Cultivate is about more than food though. Through their internship program, the Cultivate t…

A new generation of eaters are championing plant-based diets and veganism as a response to the health, animal ethics and environmental challenges of our time. We invited a rising star in the Kiwi Vegan space, Chris Huriwai, to articulate the pull of this powerful new movement and discuss why Kiwi farmers need to take notice.…

Untethering ourselves from the boom and bust of the commodity markets means embracing land use change. We ask Dan Steele from Blue Duck Station, a 7200acre property based on the banks of the Whanganui and Retaruke Rivers, what diversification means to him, the marketing and mentality needed to make it happen and the barriers farmers face in moving …

Farming for biodiversity gains, soil enrichment and community – welcome to the regenerative frontier. This low-input, holistic farming model increasingly looks like a pathway for Kiwi farmers to tackle the economic, social license and environmental challenges heading our way. We ask Greg Hart, a sheep & beef farmer in the Hawke’s Bay about his rege…

In a world of non-stop, on-the-go everything, can food slow us down and connect us to place, people and a sense of peace? Angela Clifford, CEO of Eat NZ & founder of the Food Farm in Canterbury thinks so. In this episode, we discuss the joy of a life wrapped around food. The simple pleasure of farming, the camaraderie of a community and the chance …