Kaipara farmer Stephen Newman is intent on improving soils and pasture in low cost, natural ways. He's now helping others too and hopes these methods will become even more useful as the country experiences more and more intense weather events like flooding, heavy rainfall and drought.

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

You can find our previous episode on City to Farm, here, or learn more on their website.

With thanks to:

• Stephen Newman

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