Kate Scott, chief executive of Horticulture NZ, spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Lisa Hill
Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Horticulture NZ chief executive Kate Scott to take a closer look at building houses on our best land for growing produce.
On with the show:
Kate Scott:
The chief executive of Horticulture NZ in Singapore on why we should be growing food, not houses, on our best land.
Sir David Fagan:
We take in the action of day two at the New Zealand Shears at Te Kūiti with the world’s greatest shearer.
Chris Brandolino:
Niwa’s principal scientist on the Big Dry.
Sam Owen:
This Waikato farmer, ag teacher, and rural mental health advocate, is also a keynote speaker at SIDE in Timaru on April 7-9.
Rachel Shearer:
The general manager of wool for PGG Wrightson reviews a market suffering from an unwanted correction and global uncertainty.
Barry Soper:
We ask our political correspondent how “out of touch” the Greens are and whether a book on his life in politics is in the wind.
Listen below:
'If you're drafting, you have to keep one eye on him and one eye on the sheep.'