Country Life visits two farms embracing agritourism - a Bay of Plenty avocado grower and a Hawke's Bay hill country station offering farm walks. The team also steps into an enviro-friendly greenhouse growing year-round lettuces at scale.

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

In this episode:

• 0:30 - Rural News Wrap
• 7:10 - Keeping salad greens on the shelves, 52 weeks of the year
• 13:30 - Spreading the word about avocados
• 31:00 - Hawke's Bay farm's agritourism 'terroir'

With thanks to:

• Billy Stackhouse, Leaderbrand
• Tim Rosamond and Michele Ricou
• Ro, Ed, Selby and Harry Palmer, Te Aratipi Station

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