Pope's Passion

<p>Owen Pope grew up in the small New Zealand farming community of Haldane situated at the far end of the South Island but he didn't immediately throw himself into farming.</p><p>Instead he tried a variety of jobs and married young ignoring those who told him he was making a mistake. He had three children before divorcing and ending up in a bitter custody dispute.</p><p>Everything changed when he met a schoolteacher named Kaye who he asked to marry him after knowing her a week. In 1987 they became the proud owners of a block of land in the Moutere which had a small patch of raspberries.</p><p>The couple thought they could make money from a raspberry crop but that wasn't easy. They discovered that they could add value to their crop by making jam and began selling their Anathoth brand of jams at a brisk pace.</p><p>Soon other farmers joined their effort and the couple found themselves at the top of one of New Zealand's most successful businesses.</p><p>Join the Popes as they celebrate family values and reveal the business secrets that allowed them to build an empire built on jams pickles and hard work in <i>Pope's Passion.</i></p>