This week Country Life gets up close and personal with some of the animals at Massey University's teaching farm and heads to a high country station near Omarama where merino sheep run alongside shorthorn cattle.

You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.

In this episode:

• 0:32 - Jefferson Fellow Kate Green on the future of food security
• 11:28 - Rural News Wrap
• 17:03 - Massey University's 'outdoor farm classroom' celebrates 30 years
• 29:28 - Living the High Country Life

With thanks to:

• Kate Green
• Mike Reilly and Professors Jon Huxley and Paul Kenyon
• Simon and Kirsty Williamson

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