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Dr. Angelina Sanderson Bellamy, an ecologist and a research fellow at Cardiff University, offers a potted history of the banana and the threats it faces.  Audio

Nikki Mandow looks at avocado economics and how this humble fruit became an underworld currency. Audio

New Plymouth couple Carl and Kati Freeman have converted their quarter-acre section into a small-scale organic market garden and now they want to teach others how to do it too. Video, Audio

Countdown has made the decision to offer only organic Braeburn apples in all its New Zealand stores. Audio

In 2008 Dot Kettle and her partner Georgia Richards ditched their Wellington city jobs for a 42ha property in the Dove Valley in the Tasman region, and began growing peonies. Their business has… Audio

Olia Alpatskaya is from the Ural Mountains in Russia and trained as a mining engineer. She came to New Zealand for a better life with her children and to escape biting minus 30 winter temperatures… Audio, Gallery

A couple of weeks ago, legendary rock band The Cure was inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame. But did you know the band has a Kiwi connection? Video, Audio

After suffering an accident 20 years ago Chris Ashwell could no longer drive trucks so, for something to do, he started planting vegetables in his back garden. The joy of growing food quickly turned… Audio

After suffering an accident 20 years ago, Chris Ashwell could no longer drive trucks. For something to do, he started planting vegetables in his back garden. Quickly, the joy of growing food blossomed… Audio

In Bay of Plenty the kiwifruit export picking season has started, and, for the first time ever, Zespri will pack more gold kiwifruit than green this season. Marlborough farms are looking a picture… Audio

MPs have a lot of things on their minds. But to keep them on track on some issues they hire professional consciences. One of them is shaded green. Audio

Opotiki couple Catriona and Mark White predict that one year in every seven they'll receive no income from their kiwifruit orchard. They say it's just the nature of the business... Audio

Want to try a new summer tipple? What about natural wine? While the definition of natural wine is slightly nebulous, it's basically wine made with minimal intervention. In some cases, natural wine… Audio

Noel Moleta was brought up on D'Urville Island in the Marlborough Sounds and has been farming sheep on an isolated property at nearby Titirangi Bay for four decades. Audio

Ruairi Kelly and his wife Vicky have upped their efforts to live as sustainably as possible. They raise pigs and goats for meat and grow all the fruit and vegetables they need on less than half a… Audio