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 – 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…
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…
Up for the challenge Junior Taulago manages a sheep and beef farm in Patoka near the Kaweka ranges in the Hawkes Bay. His year was going smoothly until Cyclone…
Cycling fundraiser riding high again Charitable organisation Bike for Blokes is riding high for the second year in a row after cycling the length of New Zealand and raising $250,000…
Going with the flow Farm-raised Haley Pugh helped run a thriving chiropractic business in Hokitika, until cancer turned her life on its head. Farmstrong asked her to share what…
Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Marc Gascoigne Waikato farmer Marc Gascoigne talks to The Country’s Rowena Duncum about the stress and anxiety he hid for eight years, before finding the courage to…
On your bike: Cycling fundraiser huge success Good mates Bruce Cotterill and Paul Muir were so inspired cycling the length of New Zealand and raising more than $200,000 for their Bike for…
A Catch-up Over Cricket Tim Bond recently pulled on the pads for the dairy farmers team in Te Puke’s annual farmers versus growers cricket game. He shared his thoughts…
Running for wellbeing is no sweat The physical and mental health benefits of running have been a game-changer for Canterbury dairy support farmer Emma Sampson. “I’m a better person and a…
Stepping out for rural wellbeing North Canterbury sheep scanner and crutcher Ben O’Carroll opens up about why he recently ran 112km from the Cheviot Hotel to the Carlton pub in…
Getting off farm’s important Dairy farmer Graham Berry milks 240 cows on a 145-hectare West Coast farm near Franz Josef. Farmstrong caught up with him to get his thoughts…