logo
episode-header-image
Mar 2023
14m 21s

How best to preserve fruit this autumn

RNZ
About this episode
It's autumn, and if you have laden fruit trees - what are the best ways to preserve your harvest? Angela Clifford is a North Canterbury farmer, educator, entrepreneur and foodie who lives with her husband Nick and their three children on a busy six-and-a-half hectare permaculture property, where they grow more than 60 varieties of fruit and vegetables a ... Show More
Up next
Aug 2024
Sports-chat Sam Ackerman
The Olympics may be over, but some of our top Olympians are still showering themselves in glory. Sam looks at Lydias Ko's remarkable month and casts his eye ahead to the Paralympics. 
13m 52s
Aug 2024
Business commentator Victoria Young
The Court of Appeal has upheld an Employment Court ruling that Uber drivers are employees rather than contractors.  
17m 45s
Aug 2024
Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham in Palmerston North
As rain hits the lower North Island so far it's spared the Tararua District, but Jimmy says that wasn't the case a week ago when heavy rains in the region meant rivers ran high and surrounding land was under water, while slips blocked roads. 
14m 14s
Recommended Episodes
Nov 2024
Are food shortages the farmers' secret weapon?
<p>Over ten thousand farmers marched on Westminster this week, protesting changes to inheritance tax. But does the government’s new policy mean the end of family farms or is it a sensible move that only targets the richest landowners? And as nearly 60% of the food we eat in the U ... Show More
27m 12s
Jul 2022
No Honey For You: What's Killing Aussie Bees
You may have heard some news reports about a new infestation of varroa mites that are infecting millions of bees in NSW, threatening the whole of Australia's honey industry as beekeepers are being forced to destroy tens of thousands of hives. But what exactly are these tiny insec ... Show More
15m 14s
May 2024
To The Farm!
Blippi and Meekah’s tomato plant is pretty droopy, how do farmers grow fruits and vegetables? They head to a real farm to find out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
9m 49s
Aug 7
Should we be eating more ‘forgotten foods’?
At least 30,000 of the 350,000 known plant species on our planet are edible, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, but only 170 species of plant are cultivated for food on a large scale. As climate change affects plant yields and disease threatens so ... Show More
14m 42s
Jul 2024
I Need to Feed My Friend Group
<p>Maggie invited a group of old friends to her small Upstate New York house, expecting some to drop out last minute. But nobody did, and now she has to feed 21 adults, 7 toddlers, and 3 dogs... for a week! This is, admittedly, Chris's nightmare. Enter: <a href="https://www.insta ... Show More
34m 40s
Apr 2025
How to buy a happy chicken
Britain’s obsessed with chicken - we eat more than a billion birds a year. And to (literally) feed our hunger, many farmers have turned to fast-growing birds. But now, a new initiative is persuading supermarkets and restaurants to try a slower-growing breed. Will it mean higher-w ... Show More
23m 52s
Jul 2024
Monday briefing – What regenerative poultry farming looks like
<p>This week: Reginaldo Marroquin, CEO of Tree Range Farms, talked with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh at the recent future of food conference in Minneapolis, discussing his regenerative agroforestry system centred on poultry. They discuss how Tree Range Farms is creating a circula ... Show More
17m 34s
Jan 2025
The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen gears up for a bustling harvest season, only to discover that her barnyard friends are too lazy to lend a hand. As she tackles the planting, tending, and harvesting all on her own, she teaches everyone a valuable lesson about hard work and the rewards of dilige ... Show More
13m 21s
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami