Innovation, Best Practice and Sustainability in New Zealand’s Primary Sector
How to keep bumblebee hives pollinating for longer.
Conservation and protection of native species surrounding Mystery Creek.
A family owned butchery and delicatessen in Te Awamutu.
Evaluating the banana plant as a supplementary summer feed for dairy cows.
Dairy farmers opening their farm to school children.
Western science and mātauranga restoring mussel beds at Ōhiwa Bay.
Episode 10 2021
A support hub established to drive innovation, economic returns and community wellbeing.
A venture demonstrating the latest in good dairy farming practice.
A kiwifruit farm highlighting innovation and excellence in Māori farming.
Episode 9 2021
Endangered Giant Kokopu being bred for release into streams.
Northland groups protecting kiwi and other wildlife.
Naturally fermented products made from local organic produce.
Episode 8 2021
Research programmes at the Southern Dairy Hub.
A return visit to the Hub to see progress after four years.
Peanut trials in Kaipara run by Plant and Food Research and Picot Productions.
Episode 7 2021
The Primary Sector offering retraining for seasonal and permanent careers.
Carbon positive farming in Northland.
The Future Foods development programme run by Riddet Institute’s scientists.
Episode 6 2021
The benefits of CT scanning farm animals.
Rangitikei Homestay and NZ Country Trails offering holiday options for travellers.
A factory processing hemp for an increasing number of growers.
Episode 5 2021
Training dogs to detect American Foulbrood in beehives.
Hemp growing and cropping diversity at Balfour, Southland.
Urban farming with the Company of Flowers in Dunedin.
Episode 4 2021
Methane reduction research takes another tack by targeting food supply to the rumen.
Stanley Brothers’ piggery, cropping and cattle-fattening operation in Taranaki.
The only spirulina farm in the country.
Episode 3 2021
Lowering greenhouse gases by breeding low methane emitting sheep.
An award-winning farming family inspiring others with their environmental commitment.
Farming King Salmon in the upper Waitaki.
Episode 2 2021
Episode 1 2021