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Toby Dixon, 30, and Ryan Gut, 32, never imagined they’d become small-scale vege producers, but after meeting at a market gardening course in 2015, the pair gave up their respective careers in land surveying and cabinetmaking to launch head-first into growing a business together.

From a few small rows of vegetables, Kaitake Farm, in the foothills of the Kaitake Range, has grown into a Taranaki institution, supplying local residents, stores and cafes with fresh organic produce such as microgreens, spinach, cucumber, carrots, tomatoes, courgettes and

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