Country Life for 15 December 2023

Colyton Clocks' Bill Williams reckons he has the largest clock collection in the world. A converted church in the village of Colyton is home to his ticking, chiming, talking timepieces dating from the 1700s. 

"My pop owned a milk run" says farmer who bottles his own milk, All the time in the world, Festive farm art in Taranaki and On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country. 

A rural entrepreneur is pasteurising and bottling A2 milk from his families farm and delivering it to people's doors, just like his grandfather did. 

<p>Chef Ben Shewry grew up on a farm in New Zealand where his family grew or hunted most of their own food.</p><p>Ben was 10 when he started working in restaurants and his discovery of a second hand Thai cookbook eventually led him to Australia.</p><p>In 2015 Ben become the owner ... Show More

Season 3 of "Farmer Wants A Wife" is finally here, and Zoe and Stacey are going nuts over their obsession with Farmer John and Farmer Matt. The ladies grill the guys about their crop of women vying for their hearts and share their unfiltered thoughts on some of the more "difficul ... Show More

<p>Most farms host crops and animals, but body farms specialize in corpses. Join Josh and Chuck as they tackle the fascinatingly gross phenomenon of body farms in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodca ... Show More

<p>As Andrew Dwyer ventured further into the desert, he fell in love with the people and the landscape. He battled sandstorms, floods and isolation to serve fine foods under the stars.</p><p>When Andrew Dwyer was growing up in 1960s Melbourne, the city wasn't the foodie destinati ... Show More

<p>Over his decades of farming and ranching, Gabe Brown has noticed a troubling trend: the conventional farming techniques he used were degrading the soil and ruining crops. He shares how his family farm turned things around by adopting regenerative agricultural practices — and s ... Show More

The climate crisis has a lot to do with what we eat. That’s what the latest season of Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast “How We Survive” is all about. On today’s show, host Amy Scott joins Kimberly to share her big takeaways from the season. We’ll get into the business of c ... Show More

<p>AgriPilar is a young farmer from Spain who is involved in both her family's pistachio farm and her boyfriend's farm. She studied agricultural engineering (agronomy) and is passionate about farming and the countryside. </p><br><p>AgriPilar has built a following on social media, ... Show More