Meet the seed-saving couple living entirely off the land (except for salt)
"You won't find anyone in Kotare Village who doesn't have brown hands. It's not because they're out in the sun all day or that they don't wash their hands thoroughly, but because the human-soil connection is the most important factor in growing organic vegetables and fruit, fodder trees and pasture, seeds and tubers and it's stained into their skin at a cellular level.
The village is home to the Koanga Institute, founded by organic and permaculture gardening guru Kay Baxter........"- NZ Life & Leisure