Southern Alps Sprouts owner Karen McGrath shares her business' journey.

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With thanks to:

• Karen McGrath, Southern Alps Sprouts

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This week Country Life is at a rural school in Wairarapa celebrating its sesquicentennial and visits a Taranaki piggery to hear how one farming family is adapting to major changes in New Zealand's pork industry.

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

In this episode:

• 0:47 - On the Farm
• 7:58 - Good greens, small sprouts
• 14:33 - Room to oink
• 28:40 - 150 years of Tinui School

With thanks to:

• Karen McGrath, Southern Alps Sprouts
• Karl Stanley
• Duncan Smith, Amanda Aitken, Jenny Balfour, Reverend Steve Thomson, Ian Perry, Phyllis French, and Caryl Forest

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This week Country Life gets some tips for the coming season from drought-hardened farmers, meets a flower grower turning blooms into bouquets and balms and heads to the Clash of the Colleges where students compete in ag events.

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

In this episode:

• 1:09 - Rural News Wrap
• 9:33 - The Potion Room: 'Therapeutic flowers'
• 16:06 - A clash-course in agriculture
• 29:46 - Lessons from the dry years as El Niño gathers force

With thanks to:

• Kelly Doyle, The Potion Room
• Daniel O'Regan, Tess Bamford, Maddi Ballinger, Evan McSherry, and Chris Adams
• Willie Falloon, Hannah French, John Booth, and Robert Hickson

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