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Farmer grows from one lamb farm to multi-million dollar empire in six years
In just six years, a Turakina farmer has grown his business from a single block of land to a multi-million dollar company supplying restaurants and supermarkets globally. Coastal Spring Lamb this week received its first order from a China, a foot-hold in the biggest market in the world. Founder Richard Redmayne said this was the eight export market for the firm, since it began selling overseas in January last year. Coastal Spring Lamb has also this week begun selling its product in Foodstuffs supermarkets across New Zealand. The Chinese order was the result of a trip through Asia to met with 74 executive chefs from ... (full story)