Scion scientists are introducing enzymes to plastics that will trigger degradation once the plastic's work is done.

Hawke's Bay orchards have had the right amount of winter chill this week, pruning and maintenance work is continuing in Marlborough's vineyards and calving's due to start in early August in Southland.

The Pepino Mosaic Virus has been identified in indoor grown tomato crops. New Zealand growers may lose some of their international markets because of it.

The team visit a micro dairy farm near Oamaru in North Otago. Part-time farmers Glen and Bron Claridge milk twenty cows all year round and supply pasteurised milk to locals in glass bottles.

Rob and Toni Auld have the southern-most farm distillery in the world. They grow oats, wheat and barley and transform them into whisky.

Norbert Hausberg has swapped his marionettes for a modest set of hand tools. The Wellington artist and one time mayoral candidate is spending the winter planting natives on a steep hillside, that was once a forestry block near the Moeraki Boulders/Kaihinaki in North Otago.

Waimate High School teacher Stuart Albrey wants students to develop a passion for farming and it's working. His ag classes are full and a Corriedale sheep stud on the school grounds means hands-on learning is just a hop, skip and a jump away from the classroom for students, who relish any on-farm learning

John Smart has been based at Clutha Vets in Otago since he graduated in 1976.

Lettuces are in short supply after frosts and rain in Southland has left farms muddy underfoot.

Country Life joins Wellington artist Norbert Hausberg who is spending the winter planting natives on a steep hillside in North Otago and takes you to meet a couple putting their own twist on whisky making.