1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: Jamie mckaye, Host of the Countries with me right now. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: Hey, Jamie, get I hear that. But with pronouns like 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 2: they and them, Darlene will never walk along? 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: Did get the joke the first time round? 5 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: Well, I think the whole thing's a joke, to be 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: perfectly honest. I think anyone with the pronoun of they 7 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: or them is a bit of a joke. But I'm 8 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 2: old school, so I'm the wrong person to ask. 9 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, that's a generational thing. I think there. Hey, listen, 10 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: I'm so the real rural food charity. 11 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: Hang on that stage. 12 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 3: Just I was trying to give you a slipper, like 13 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 3: an easy way to get out of the whole you 14 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: were digging yourself, Jamie, would you like me to help 15 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 3: you to dig it further? 16 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: We can carry on. 17 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm quite happy with the depths. I 18 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 2: got to thank you fair enough. 19 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 3: Just a good grave depth. They listen, meet the need. 20 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 3: This is the rural food charity they want. They want 21 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 3: a mass of one million dollars, one million meals. 22 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: What is this for, Well, it's for food banks around 23 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: the country. This is a wonderful organization that was originally 24 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: set up by Wayne Langford. I know, I know who's 25 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 2: a regular on your show, President of Federated Farmers and 26 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: a wonderful woman by the name of Shivorn O'Malley. On 27 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 2: the West coast. It's grown into a New Zealand farmer 28 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 2: lead charity donating livestock, milk and cash and they're basically 29 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: turning all that into mints and milk for families. You know, 30 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 2: the stats are awful for food deprivation in this country, Heather, 31 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: we were once the land of milk and honey. We're 32 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 2: one on five families run out of food sometimes or often. 33 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 2: Demand on food banks this year has increased by forty percent. 34 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: These guys have delivered over two million meals to New 35 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: Zealanders in need since twenty twenty. And they've got this 36 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 2: lofty aim. I don't know whether they'll get there, but 37 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: it's certainly a lofty goal. One million meals they want 38 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: to raise this week. That's two hundred and fifty thousand 39 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: letters of milk they need to help do this. That's 40 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: five hundred farmers donating five hundred liters each. So if 41 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: you have some spare cash or you want to help 42 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: out of family and need, because this is giving them 43 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: protein go to meet the need dot Org. Yeah, it's 44 00:01:58,240 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: very good. 45 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,919 Speaker 1: Jamie. Hey, listen, you ever heard of spring Sheep before? 46 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: Yes, I have. In fact, the marketing guy there is 47 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 2: the young well, it's all relative heather. He's a young 48 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 2: bloke by the name of Thomas McDonald who was a 49 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 2: winner of the Zander MacDonald or way back in about 50 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen. I think they're quite a dynamic company. They're 51 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 2: milking sheep mainly in the White Hatto. I think they've 52 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 2: got some farms down on Talpo as well, and they've 53 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: had a big breakthrough in China. They've basically managed to 54 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 2: gain brand registration, which is very difficult to do for 55 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 2: their infant formula. Chief executive Nick Hammond said the deal 56 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: was highly significant and exciting. I'll put some numbers around 57 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 2: this for your spring Sheep at this stage only has 58 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: fifteen suppliers milking just over fifteen thousand US We can 59 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: expect twenty five thousand lambs to be born over the 60 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 2: next month. They'll be kept on mum and raised while 61 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 2: a mum is being milked. So that's a better story, 62 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: for instance, than perhaps the dairy industry. They have a 63 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 2: lower environmental footprint in the dairy industry. Prior to receiving 64 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: this registration in China, they could only sell their infant 65 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: formula through online channels. Now they've got and through their 66 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: English brand. Now they can sell under a Chinese label 67 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: and tell the good news story of New Zealand grass 68 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 2: fed sheep milk. 69 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's very very cool. Hey, Jamie, thank you very much. 70 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: Look after yourself, Jamie mackay, who is the host of 71 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: the Country. 72 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drave, listen live to 73 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 74 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.