Sarah's Country

Under alert level two Kiwis will start to move around the country and hospitality will reopen so it's time to support local producers and restaurants. We discuss the local food system with Angela Clifford from Eat NZ, a not-for-profit food movement dedicated to connecting people to our land through our food.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Welcome to another episode of Sarah’s Country. Sarah is joined again by four great guests to talk about the matters that matter most.

Under alert level two Kiwis will start to move around the country and hospitality will reopen so it's time to support local producers and restaurants. We discuss the local food system with Angela Clifford from Eat NZ, a not-for-profit food movement dedicated to connecting people to our land through our food.

Sarah's Country loves using social media to build a community, however, there is a science to how Facebook works that is not doing farmers any good. We speak to Duncan Humm from the NZ Farming Facebook page on his advice.

National's agriculture spokesman Todd Muller says farmers need to be heard not patronised following the Government’s latest drought relief package. We talk through water storage, working safely in level two and where pending policy announcements such as essential freshwater are at.

In under a week more than 2000 people have joined the supportive Facebook group Hawke’s Bay Drought, founded by Poppy Renton. She’ll join us to talk about how the region’s farmers are working together to help each other through what is being described as the worst drought in New Zealand history.

Sarah Perriam, the host of Sarah's Country, is joined in self-isolation still broadcasting from the Lincoln University campus as an ‘essential service’ with her guest co-host, her Irish producer, Joel Rock.

Guests on this week’s show:

1. “New Zealand food stories are the best in the world” with Angela Clifford, Chief Executive, Eat NZ

2.  “Moderating NZ Farming” with Duncan Humm, Deer Farmer & NZ Farming Editor

3. “Farmers Need To Be Heard Not Patronised” With Todd Muller, Spokesman for Agriculture, National Party

4. “Building the Hawkes Bay Drought Community” with Poppy Renton, Founder of Hawke’s Bay Drought Facebook Page

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Interview with the winner for the Fonterra Dairy Women of the Year.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Have the trends facing our food exports just been heightened by covid-19? Anna Campbell joins Sarah to discuss the changing patterns in food supply that must be addressed.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

The sale yards are set to reopen under alert level two but the worry is that going into winter there is more livestock still on farms with low feed levels. We break down the market with AgriHQ analyst Suz Bremner.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

A new $1 million project backed by the Ministry for Primary Industries will develop an information system to shape dairy genetics. We discuss this and how the Sustainable Farming Fund can drive money into the rural economy with investment programmes director.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

Welcome to another episode of Sarah’s Country. Sarah is joined again by four great guests to talk about the matters that matter most.

A new $1 million project backed by the Ministry for Primary Industries will develop an information system to shape dairy genetics. We discuss this and how the Sustainable Farming Fund can drive money into the rural economy with investment programmes director.

The sale yards are set to reopen under alert level two but the worry is that going into winter there is more livestock still on farms with low feed levels. We break down the market with AgriHQ analyst Suz Bremner.

Have the trends facing our food exports just been heightened by covid-19? Anna Campbell joins Sarah to discuss the changing patterns in food supply that must be addressed.

Then to wrap up the show, we have the first interview with the winner for the Fonterra Dairy Women of the Year, Ash Campbell from Ngai Tahu

Sarah Perriam, the host of Sarah's Country, is joined in self-isolation still broadcasting from the Lincoln University campus as an ‘essential service’ with her guest co-host, her Irish producer, Joel Rock.

Guests on this week’s show:

1. “The Sustainable Farming Fund can drive rural economy” with Steve Penno, Director Investment Programmes, Ministry for Primary Industries

2.  “Sale yards to open at level two” with Suz Bremner, Senior Analyst, Argi HQ

3. “Changing patterns in food supply must be addressed” with Anna Campbell, Managing Director, AbacusBio

4. “Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year” with Ash-Leigh Campbell, Farming Technical Farm Manager, Ngai Tahu

Former Chief Science Advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman believes for NZ to take advantage of the covid-19 crisis then longstanding issues such as land use, water, the environment and soil quality must be addressed once and for all.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

The split-gas approach in the Zero Carbon Act is the right one but is it in line with the latest available science. Beef + Lamb New Zealand environmental policy manager, Corina Jordan explains how the methane targets are being reviewed.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com

The lockdown has not stopped Central Plains Water from ensuring that their farmer shareholders environmental management is audited. We discuss innovation with drones & how the irrigation scheme has seen good aquifer recharge and a great harvest in Canterbury with the general manager, Mark Pizey.

To watch to the full-length interviews and to contact the show visit www.sarahperriam.com