Country Life

Country Life is with blade shearers from around the world in a woolshed in Tinui and immersed in the many attractions of the tiny community of Duntroon. Sir Charles Godfray is the show's guest talking about how food systems will have to change in the face of global warming.

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In this episode:
0:30 - Rural News Wrap
6:38 - 'Fetishisation of protein': An Oxford Professor on the future of food and food production
15:58 - Sharpening their edge for the Golden Shears
28:37 - Duntroon: The biggest little town in the valley
With thanks to:
Sir Charles Godfray
Rewarewa Station
Duntroon Heritage Trail
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For a town of only 100 people, Duntroon has more than its share of attractions, with a blacksmiths, a master saddler, the intriguing Vanished World Heritage Centre with its fossils, and a Heritage Trail.

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Blade shearers from around the world have been sharpening their tools and their eye before the Golden Shears in Masterton under the tutelage of Allan Oldfield, a world champion blade shearer, at a woolshed in Tinui.
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Sir Charles Godfray has told the Riddet Institute's Agrifood Summit our food systems will have to change in order to limit the impacts of global warming.

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With thanks to:
Sir Charles Godfray
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A round-up of the week's rural news

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