Farm manager Bradley Riggs has more than just sheep and cattle to think about. He has high profile guests and celebs staying at the farm's luxury lodge and enjoys showing them the kiwi farming life and traditions.

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Geoff Allott, a former Black Cap and co-founder of exporting company Quality NZ, has been in the Indian market for 12 years.

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A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.

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We take a bite of the apple breeding process and learn what it takes to make the fruit of tomorrow and the team visit a farming commune in Golden Bay that's still going strong after 50 years.

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We find out what it takes to produce some of New Zealand's tastiest apples by heading inside Plant & Food Research where they help Prevar create new apple and pear varieties.

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Rainbow Valley is located on regenerating whenua at the end of a gravel road near Tākaka. Several families share the land and help run a small farm for the benefit of the whole community.

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A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.

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A pre-harvest update from the Greystone Wines, that recently hosted the inaugural Underground soil, food and farming festival. With viticulturalist and farming advisor, Nick Gill.

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We meet a small-scale farmer who has big ideas on how smaller farms can help solve the growing problem of food insecurity in New Zealand and a Southland deer farmer, who's invented a non-polluting baleage wrap that animals can eat.

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Seven-hectares can produce a "magnificent" amount of food. So says small-scale farmer and Kellogg scholar Alison Bentley who's done just that, growing beef cattle, hazelnuts and a wide range of fruit on her small farm near Rotorua.

Alison Bentley's Kellogg research report titled "Small scale food growers and their role in New Zealand's sustainable food future" can be found here

Here is a link to the "Peri-Urban Design" concept Alison spoke of.

Results of the hazelnut trial can be found here

Alison’s website: https://tikiterefarm.co.nz/

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