'We sold the family home': Organic farm set to be on Country Calendar liquidated

'We sold the family home': Organic farm set to be on Country Calendar liquidated
Organic Solutions' 23.2ha farm in Ōamaru will go up for sale after being liquidated. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
James Porteous’ farm just south of Ōamaru was scheduled to be the subject of an episode of Country Calendar until financial trouble caused him to pull the plug earlier this year.Porteous, the sole director of Organic Solutions, voluntarily appointed Insolvency Matters' Brenton Hunt to liquidate the company and its subsidiary, Southern Organics, on May 31.Ten years after launching Organic Solutions, and despite selling the family home to keep it afloat, Porteous said the business could not dig its way out of its debt to the I...

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