Big Picture Thinking

Laura Koot runs an agritourism business and is a driving force behind the Fairlight Foundation which trains women farmers. She’s also raising a family. Farmstrong…

“Whenever you are ready to laugh about it, we’ll come down.”

Well-known Kiwi comedian Nick Rado is expecting to get heckled by some farmers later this month and he wouldn’t have it any other way. The…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Corrigan Sowman

The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Nuffield Scholar and Golden Bay dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman, to look at coping with change and uncertainty. The…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Slade McDonald

The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to Slade McDonald, who in just 24 years has dealt with more challenges than most people do in a lifetime.…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Abbi Ayre

The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to dairy farmer Abbi Ayre, who shares her tips on juggling farming, family, and voluntary roles in the agriculture industry.…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Troy Hall

The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to Troy Hall – an inspirational horticulturalist who turned his life around, only to be electrocuted. Twice. The first shock…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Junior Taulago

The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to Junior Taulago – an inspirational convert to the primary sector, who’s gone from hip-hop dance instructor to Hawke’s Bay…

Keeping well on farm

Farmstrong caught up with Laura Murdoch, the ‘cow whispering’, Southland/Otago dairy manager of year in 2022. She shares how she manages the challenges of a…

No sweat converting woolshed into gym

Converting a South Canterbury woolshed into a gym for locals to get together and work out was no sweat for farmer and qualified nutritionist and…

The power of small daily habits

Focusing on daily habits helps manage pressure when the going gets tough says Farmstrong Ambassador Sam Whitelock. “Farmstrong was set up in 2015 to help…

Cheers! Wine industry wellness week launched

Spy Valley wines has a lot to celebrate after its “Taco Tuesday” event nabbed first place at the inaugural Marlborough Wine Industry Wellness Week competition. …

New Farmstrong challenge a big help

They say timing is everything and, in the case of the inaugural Be Farmstrong Challenge, it couldn’t have been better for the cyclone-ravaged East Coast…