Meet Steve the Seaweed Man
Country Life
English - November 08, 2019 08:24 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Steve Matthews loves the wild Wairarapa coast where he's worked on farms most of his life. Intrigued by the deer he used to see munching seaweed on the beach, the pensioner started up his own small business foraging and selling the stuff. Demand is huge but he plans to stay small-scale, unless new regulations put him out of business .