We Make Butter

Local, organic, and sustainable are words we associate with food production today, but 40 years ago, when Fran and Tony McQuail started farming in...

A 1930s geography lesson on dairy farming, around the pasturelands of Wixenford Farm near Plymouth.

The forage harvester cuts the tall grass and then the brilliant baler squashes it into big bales.

Clever machines are needed in the potato field and Cheeky Midge gets a closer look.

The combine harvester harvests sunflowers and the children make sunflower seed balls for the birds.

Lots of tractors help the forage harvester to harvest the maize and Farmer Tom puts it into a huge pile.

An apple harvester collects up apples that are given a good wash and the children make apple juice.

It's time for muck spreading on the farm using all the muck that Farmer Tom has cleared from the cow's barn.

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The Sadies Stop and Start captures a moment in time. That time was uncertain and dark. Still reeling from losing Dallas, we found out that Mike...

A young activist goes deep into dairy land where he takes on the giants of New Zealand's most powerful industry, and reveals how the sacred cash-cow...