Country Life

This week Country life talks to an American poultry farmer about her bird flu experience, visits a llama farmer and meets a family who've been farming celery for more than a century.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
In this episode:
0:59 - Rural news wrap
5:45- What New Zealand can learn from a farmer who lived through H5N1
17:43 - Addicted to yarn: Llama herd follows love of fibre
31:36 - Celery, butterflies and Travis the goat
With thanks to:
Georgie Cartanza, University of Delaware
Janette Buckingham, Thickthorne Llamas
Graham Franklin, Lucy Franklin, Alan Franklin, Monique Franklin, Jasmine Franklin, Luke Franklin, Brian King, and Solola Manulele, Franklin Farm
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For 120 years, the Franklin family has farmed celery through changing markets, wild weather and six generations of family life. Alongside the celery fields, visitors now wander through sunflower patches, butterfly houses and a bustling farmyard where one cheeky goat has become a bit of a celebrity.

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You can find more about Franklin Farm, here.
With thanks to:
Graham Franklin, Lucy Franklin, Alan Franklin, Monique Franklin, Jasmine Franklin, Luke Franklin, Brian King, and Solokiala Manulele
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It was the 1990s when many farms were looking to diversify. 'Why not llamas?', thought Southland spinner and farmer Janette Buckingham.
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With thanks to:
Janette Buckingham, Thickthorne Llamas

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What happens when bird flu arrives on your farm? Delaware poultry farmer and educator Georgie Cartanza shares her first hand experience of an H5N1 outbreak, the loss of 148,000 birds, and the biosecurity lessons she believes every farmer should know.
You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.
With thanks to:
Georgie Cartanza, University of Delaware

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A wrap of the week's news from RNZ's rural news team.
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