Paul Tapper Photo: RNZ / Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Paul Tapper has lived and farmed in the Rangiora/North Canterbury region for many years and with retirement looming, the PGG rural real estate agent has fulfilled a dream to develop a traditional family orchard.
The Tram Road Fruit Farm at Swannanoa produces mostly cherries, raspberries and strawberries and the good news for children is it's a pick-your-own fruit operation!
"It's a way to understand where their food comes from and it gives them the opportunity to have food that no-one has touched excepted them," he says.
