A woman returns home to become the fourth generation to work in the family's market garden, continuing a tradition of innovation to keep the business up with the times.
A woman returns home to become the fourth generation to work in the family's market garden, continuing a tradition of innovation to keep the business up with the times.
A sheep-farming family launches a grassroots campaign to revive wool as a valued fibre, creating knitting kits to teach schoolchildren about the wonders of wool.
A sheep-farming family launches a grassroots campaign to revive wool as a valued fibre, creating knitting kits to teach schoolchildren about the wonders of wool.
A couple's free-range egg farm provides them an income as they head towards retirement. Their hens have a great quality of life and produce eggs for cafés around the top of the South.
A couple's free-range egg farm provides them an income as they head towards retirement. Their hens have a great quality of life and produce eggs for cafés around the top of the South.
A family carves out a varied living on a challenging coastal sheep and beef farm near Nelson, balancing livestock farming with tourism, forestry and dealing with wild goats and pigs.
A family carves out a varied living on a challenging coastal sheep and beef farm near Nelson, balancing livestock farming with tourism, forestry and dealing with wild goats and pigs.
A beekeeping family produces honey from flowers growing in the Kaikoura mountains behind their home. They've also diversified into producing the beverage mead from their honey.
A beekeeping family produces honey from flowers growing in the Kaikoura mountains behind their home. They've also diversified into producing the beverage mead from their honey.
A family has farmed for more than a century among spectacular limestone outcrops, cliffs and caves near Waitomo and they're determined to preserve the natural landscape around them.
A family has farmed for more than a century among spectacular limestone outcrops, cliffs and caves near Waitomo and they're determined to preserve the natural landscape around them.
A Motueka orcharding family say they couldn't get their harvest in without a team of RSE workers from Samoa, who also benefit from the relationship and got through MIQ in time to help out.
A Motueka orcharding family say they couldn't get their harvest in without a team of RSE workers from Samoa, who also benefit from the relationship and got through MIQ in time to help out.
Where most of us see just weeds, Mike King sees sources of food and flavour after years of foraging wild plants for restaurants and teaching people about what's in their own backyards.
Where most of us see just weeds, Mike King sees sources of food and flavour after years of foraging wild plants for restaurants and teaching people about what's in their own backyards.
A Central Otago vineyard aims for a closed system in which all inputs come off its own land and are recycled back after the wine is made, so the only additional input is water.
A Central Otago vineyard aims for a closed system in which all inputs come off its own land and are recycled back after the wine is made, so the only additional input is water.
A Marlborough man harvests mussels for nutraceuticals and wild seaweed for natural fertilisers, and divides his time between the family rose nursery and his vineyard home.
A Marlborough man harvests mussels for nutraceuticals and wild seaweed for natural fertilisers, and divides his time between the family rose nursery and his vineyard home.
An Englishman with a dream creates an organic co-op of farms producing eggs, greens, meat and milk, proving a healthy agricultural footprint can create high end food for the masses.
An Englishman with a dream creates an organic co-op of farms producing eggs, greens, meat and milk, proving a healthy agricultural footprint can create high end food for the masses.
Old and new go hand in hand on a rugged high country Canterbury farm as a family finds ways to diversify and make a living on a station that's now home to the fifth generation.
Old and new go hand in hand on a rugged high country Canterbury farm as a family finds ways to diversify and make a living on a station that's now home to the fifth generation.
A couple set up New Zealand's only lime juicing operation on their Wairoa orchard, a breakthrough that means they can expand the business and provide income for others in the community.
A couple set up New Zealand's only lime juicing operation on their Wairoa orchard, a breakthrough that means they can expand the business and provide income for others in the community.
They're growing the world's most expensive spice, saffron, in northern Southland, where the quality of the sunlight makes for an almost perfect crop that's worth $50,000 a kilo.
They're growing the world's most expensive spice, saffron, in northern Southland, where the quality of the sunlight makes for an almost perfect crop that's worth $50,000 a kilo.
A couple continues a family tradition of market gardening but branches out into home deliveries to bolster their business, harvesting a variety of crops year-round.
A couple continues a family tradition of market gardening but branches out into home deliveries to bolster their business, harvesting a variety of crops year-round.
After growing avocados for three generations over 100 years, a family have perfected a new variety. Many who have sampled it predict it will become an international success.
After growing avocados for three generations over 100 years, a family have perfected a new variety. Many who have sampled it predict it will become an international success.
The fourth generation of a Manawatū family grow potatoes on leased farms in the district and run cattle & sheep as well. Their business supports their local community and school.
The fourth generation of a Manawatū family grow potatoes on leased farms in the district and run cattle & sheep as well. Their business supports their local community and school.
A couple wanted to run their own business, so they decided to have a go at dairying and now sell their output, including raw milk, in glass bottles direct to consumers.
A couple wanted to run their own business, so they decided to have a go at dairying and now sell their output, including raw milk, in glass bottles direct to consumers.
A couple quickly realised that parts of their new farm were too steep to graze stock easily, so they've planted the gullies in high-value native timber that can eventually be logged.
A couple quickly realised that parts of their new farm were too steep to graze stock easily, so they've planted the gullies in high-value native timber that can eventually be logged.
A family-run horticulture business grows millions of capsicums a year in their vast high-tech glasshouse operation, in the most environmentally sustainable way they can.
A family-run horticulture business grows millions of capsicums a year in their vast high-tech glasshouse operation, in the most environmentally sustainable way they can.
A South Auckland farmer runs one of the country's largest goat operations, breeding from the best animals and milking thousands of dairy goats to create a new milk brand.
A South Auckland farmer runs one of the country's largest goat operations, breeding from the best animals and milking thousands of dairy goats to create a new milk brand.
A Rangitikei family on a coastal farm markets their sea-seasoned lamb to the world. They're also planting wetlands and pine forests to make the best use of their sandy soil.
A Rangitikei family on a coastal farm markets their sea-seasoned lamb to the world. They're also planting wetlands and pine forests to make the best use of their sandy soil.
A couple makes a living by growing, drying and selling a wide range of medicinal herbs, while also producing most of the food they and their family eat.
A couple makes a living by growing, drying and selling a wide range of medicinal herbs, while also producing most of the food they and their family eat.
A couple harvests world-renowned Black Perigord truffles from their Nelson orchard where they live off-grid, and sells the sought-after fungi direct to chefs in Wellington and Auckland.
A couple harvests world-renowned Black Perigord truffles from their Nelson orchard where they live off-grid, and sells the sought-after fungi direct to chefs in Wellington and Auckland.
The COVID-19 lockdown means a couple growing daffodils can't sell their flowers at auction and the Daffodil Day event is cancelled, so they explore other ways to survive.
The COVID-19 lockdown means a couple growing daffodils can't sell their flowers at auction and the Daffodil Day event is cancelled, so they explore other ways to survive.
A Banks Peninsula family raises cattle and exotic sheep on their historic farm, while working to make their land a haven for the little penguins that nest on the shore.
A Banks Peninsula family raises cattle and exotic sheep on their historic farm, while working to make their land a haven for the little penguins that nest on the shore.
A sixth generation dairy farmer who lived with depression changes his focus to restore balance to his life, reconnect with his family and start a charity to help others.
A sixth generation dairy farmer who lived with depression changes his focus to restore balance to his life, reconnect with his family and start a charity to help others.
A young couple moves their cows and their family to the King Country to run their own dairy farm and lead a more balanced life, also raising Angora goats for their mohair fibre.
A young couple moves their cows and their family to the King Country to run their own dairy farm and lead a more balanced life, also raising Angora goats for their mohair fibre.
A couple buys an old citrus orchard and brings it back to life, growing oranges and juicing them for the local café market, and diversifying into new citrus varieties.
A couple buys an old citrus orchard and brings it back to life, growing oranges and juicing them for the local café market, and diversifying into new citrus varieties.
A Manawatu family farming bulls, sheep and crops, branches out into growing flowers. Their great soil grows beautiful blooms which they sell at the local market and direct to florists.
A Manawatu family farming bulls, sheep and crops, branches out into growing flowers. Their great soil grows beautiful blooms which they sell at the local market and direct to florists.
A couple manages an historic sheep and beef station on the wild Wairarapa coast, while also looking after the guests who stay at the luxury lodge on the property.
A couple manages an historic sheep and beef station on the wild Wairarapa coast, while also looking after the guests who stay at the luxury lodge on the property.
A Central Otago woman builds on her experience running a tree nursery when she establishes a business growing Christmas trees for local families, along with lavender and peonies.
A Central Otago woman builds on her experience running a tree nursery when she establishes a business growing Christmas trees for local families, along with lavender and peonies.
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