This week producer Cosmo Kentish-Barnes is in his wet weather gear in the Tasman district meeting farmers and other rural residents, still battered and bruised from one catastrophic weather event, staring down the barrel of another deluge.

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In this episode:

• 0.38 News wrap
• 6.20 Tasman's rural resilience tested by back-to-back storms

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As a second weather bomb lashed the Tasman region, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes was on the ground with farmers and rural people, still battered and bruised from the first flood and staring down the barrel of another deluge.

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A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news desk

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This week Country Life follows the trail of food scraps from the table to farms with the City to Farm project north of Auckland, meets two young farming-focused youngsters at the top of their game, and dips into the archives to head to a working farm dog sale.

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Food scraps from retirement villages and schools are helping to nourish a banana orchard and other farms via the City to Farm project, which aims to keep organic waste out of landfill and help curb climate change.

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Find out more about the City to Farm project here .

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A dip into the archives when Cosmo Kentish-Barnes attended the 64th annual Ashburton cattle and sheep dog sale to find out what these hard-working dogs are worth.

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Rangiora High School students John Lundy and Harry Parish were awarded one of New Zealand's top primary sector accolades at last weekend's FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Southland.

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A wrap of news from the rural news desk

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This week Country Life returns to a vegetable farm to see whether it's radical plan to feed the community is working and looks at plans for plastic waste on farm. And the team meet a animal advocate who has turned her rural property in North Canterbury into a haven for rescued farm animals.

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In this episode:

• 0:43 - On the Farm
• 8:30 - Agrecovery: Rural recycling on the rise
• 16:08 - Crooked Vege's pay-what-you-can model feeding families two years on
• 30:16 - Snorts, snuggles and second chances at animal sanctuary

With thanks to guests:

• Tony Wilson, Agrecovery
• Jonathan Mines, Crooked Vege
• Sharlene Wilson, Canterbury Tails Animal Rescue Sanctuary

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Sharlene Wilson has turned her rural property in North Canterbury into a haven for rescued farm animals who find healing, freedom and a place to truly belong.

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In this episode:

• 0:12 - Animals of all shapes and sizes
• 4:38 - In search of a new home
• 9:40 - Meet Marshmallow
• 13:48 - Volunteers

With thanks to:

• Sharlene Wilson, Canterbury Tails Animal Rescue Sanctuary

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