Federated Farmers Podcast

Federated Farmers of NZ

The Federated Farmers Podcast is your weekly guide to the issues affecting rural New Zealand. Join us as we unpack the policies, challenges and big ideas shaping life on farm. With frank conversations from farmers, advocates and experts, we break down what matters and why, so you can stay informed, prepared and heard. Hosted by Ben Chapman-Smith, Federated Farmers' communications manager, who grew up on a sheep and beef farm in Te Akau on Waikato's west coast.

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Federated Farmers Podcast

Episodes (106)

Yesterday What if the meatworks came to the farm? | EP 106
Mon Sep 14th Why our pest problem is bigger than hunting | EP 105
Mon Sep 7th The Kate Acland story: embracing the uncomfortable | EP 104

Federated Farmers Podcast

Sep 21, 2026
32 minutes
29 MB

When a friend asked Logan Wait to provide some meat for an event post-Covid, he realised there was a problem: he had the animals, but no easy way to get meat from the farm to the people who wanted it. That question led him to found Earth First, New Zealand’s first certified mobile abattoir of its kind. His big idea is simple: what if the meatworks came to the farm, instead of the animal going to the meatworks? Logan joins us to talk about leaving a corporate job in Auckland, returning to the family farm and bui...

Federated Farmers Podcast

What if the meatworks came to the farm? | EP 106

Federated Farmers of NZ

00:00 -31:44