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Country Life for Friday 29 April 2022

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  • Swapping crops and building communities...

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    3:20 PM.Each week in Northland, people with excess garden produce meet to give it away to others. The crop swap meetings are about living sustainably, building resilience and strengthening communities. Read more Audio

  • Market garden on farm provides staff with healthy vege boxes

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    11:35 AM.Environmental and social trials are underway on a dairy farm near Ashburton. Rhys and Kiri Roberts are comparing conventional farming with a regenerative system, they're giving staff more work… Read more Audio

  • On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ

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    9:12 PM.It's been another great week in Canterbury with weather as good as you could expect for the time of year. Conditions are excellent for newly establishing seed and grain crops. Read more Audio

  • Success comes from hard work

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    9:07 PM.Sunny Singh is a kiwifruit contractor based in Waikato. It's a job he loves and says it's earning him a good income. But success hasn't come without a lot of hard work. After arriving in New Zealand… Read more Audio

  • Country Life for 29 April

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    9:07 PM.Market garden on farm provides staff with healthy vege boxes, Swapping crops and building communities, Success comes from hard work and on the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 22 April 2022
  • Next Episode: Friday, 6 May 2022
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