Fionna and Gordon Appleton are working on developing a deer farm. They raise young deer in their backyard in a suburb of Nelson. When the deer are older they go to farms. Fi and Gordon are looking to purchase acreage to establish their own deer farm.

Deer farming in New Zealand is a growing business. The deer meat is sold for food. Venison is delicious and is eaten in Europe as well as elsewhere throughout the world. Antler has a variety of uses from ornamentation to oriental medical use. Deer skin is used for clothing,footware and ... (more)