Tag: horticulture
‘Getting Through’ Podcast – Brydon Nisbett
The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Brydon Nisbett who bravely opens up about the grief of dealing with Cyclone Gabrielle in this third episode…
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…
New resource helps kiwifruit industry
Farmstrong has joined forces with New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers (NZKGI) to produce a new resource to help growers manage the ups and downs of the…
Defying the Odds
Eleven years ago, Troy Hall suffered a near-fatal accident on an avocado orchard. A long and challenging recovery followed. Now he’s sharing his story to…
Thunderstruck
Stu Weston, CEO of post-harvest business Apata, has been part of the kiwifruit industry since 1991. An episode of burnout years ago still informs how…
Doing Things Differently
Leighton Oats is a veteran of the Kiwifruit industry – 20 years plus. Now he runs his own four and half hectare kiwifruit and avocado…
Don’t sweat what you can’t control
With 40 years’ experience in the kiwifruit industry, Sean Carnachan has some clear ideas about what it takes to last the distance. Sean Carnachan wears…
Live for the day
Simon Cook leads a busy life in the booming Kiwifruit industry. He owns a 5-hectare Kiwifruit orchard in the Bay of Plenty, runs a contracting…
Daily chats improve blueberry workers’ wellbeing
Getting together for regular breaks and chats throughout the day has had a noticeable impact on a group of blueberry workers’ wellbeing, says their boss.…
Talking it through
The restorative power of a chat over a cuppa was evident when Farmstrong Ambassador Sam Whitelock visited hail-affected growers in Motueka and Riwaka recently. A…
