Raw Milk
Chef swaps cooking good food for The Good Farm
The Good Farm – a raw milk producer and market garden in the Bay of Plenty – is a real family affair. Former chef Loren Gibbs tells us about trading in the heat of the kitchen for digging in the dirt… Audio
Chef swaps cooking good food for The Good Farm
The Good Farm – a raw milk producer and market garden in the Bay of Plenty – is a real family affair. Former chef Loren Gibbs tells us about trading in the heat of the kitchen for digging in the dirt…
AudioLaura's Dairy grows into Beck's Beef
Charteris Bay farmer Laura Beck hung up the milking cups in the dairy shed in 2018 and now she is raising cattle on 22 hectares of farmland she leases from the Orton Bradley Park Trust on Banks… Audio
Laura's Dairy grows into Beck's Beef
Charteris Bay farmer Laura Beck hung up the milking cups in the dairy shed in 2018 and now she is raising cattle on 22 hectares of farmland she leases from the Orton Bradley Park Trust on Banks…
AudioRaw courage: the making of Mount Eliza Cheese
For years Chris and Jill Whalley battled to be able to produce cheese from unpasteurised milk. Now parliamentarians, the people they had to convince, are eating Mount Eliza cheese at Bellamy's. Audio, Gallery
Raw courage: the making of Mount Eliza Cheese
For years Chris and Jill Whalley battled to be able to produce cheese from unpasteurised milk. Now parliamentarians, the people they had to convince, are eating Mount Eliza cheese at Bellamy's.
AudioDunedin dairy products from contented local cows
At the Port Chalmers dairy farm Holy Cow, each of Merrall and Alex MacNeille's 54 Jersey cows has a name and her own milking stall. The couple sell the cows' milk, along with butter, cream and yoghurt… Audio, Gallery
Dunedin dairy products from contented local cows
At the Port Chalmers dairy farm Holy Cow, each of Merrall and Alex MacNeille's 54 Jersey cows has a name and her own milking stall. The couple sell the cows' milk, along with butter, cream and yoghurt…
AudioFrom grass to glass: Milk bottles making a comeback
Glass milk bottles were replaced by cartons in 1989, and milk deliveries stopped in the mid 90s. Nowadays milk is mostly sold in plastic bottles but some farmers have gone back to the future including… Audio
Riverside: a community of pastoral peacekeepers
The Riverside Community near Nelson is the oldest intentional community in New Zealand. Most of its members work on the property and share their earnings and expenses. Audio, Gallery
Riverside: a community of pastoral peacekeepers
The Riverside Community near Nelson is the oldest intentional community in New Zealand. Most of its members work on the property and share their earnings and expenses.
AudioRaw milk farmer saves cows despite TB shut-down
A Dunedin dairy farmer has decided to keep his remaining herd of cows, despite being shut down by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Audio
Are new milk rules a raw deal for allergy sufferers?
Allergy sufferers say they are being disadvantaged by new rules regulating the sale of raw milk.
Allergy sufferers say raw milk rules unfair
Allergy sufferers say they are being disadvantaged by new rules regulating the sale of raw milk. Audio
Minister stands firm on raw milk rules
Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew is making no apologies for tough new regulations for raw milk producers.
Food safety minister defends new raw milk rules
Suppliers of raw milk fear new regulations could drive half of them out of business Audio
New rules putting raw milk suppliers out of business
Raw milk producers say new regulations introduced this month are over-the-top and will force some farmers out of business. Audio
Raw milk rules will ruin businesses - producers
Half of raw milk producers will be forced out of business by new regulations, says the Raw Milk Producers Association.
Raw milk can be safe, says advocate
Unlike in Australia, it is legal in New Zealand to sell raw milk as a drink - but only at the farmgate. Audio
Three-year-old girl dead after drinking bath milk
A 3-year-old girl has died from kidney failure and a blood condition associated with E-Coli infection after drinking a raw milk product in Melbourne. Audio
