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JODI ROEBUCK of ROEBUCK FARM
New Zealand
Приєднався 24 жов 2016
Roebuck Farm models an alliance between sustainable, in-season growing principles + modern innovative technologies and we aim to build the bridge back for growers + consumers to sustainable food systems by sharing the expertise we've developed.
Join us + build knowledge during our on-farm + online events based on our agrarian & market garden production.
Follow us on IG @jodiroebuck
Subscribe to our weekly emails www.roebuckfarm.com
Join us + build knowledge during our on-farm + online events based on our agrarian & market garden production.
Follow us on IG @jodiroebuck
Subscribe to our weekly emails www.roebuckfarm.com
ROEBUCK FARM revisits market gardens in Quebec
This week, we highlight some incredible examples of market garden production in Québec, where small-scale, profitable farming continues to thrive, innovate, and inspire. In this region for the inaugural CANOPY leadership program, I had the opportunity to revisit some old favourite farms and also new ones.
During the trip, I visited multiple inspiring farms:
La Grelinette
Espace Old Mill
Ferme des Quatre-Temps
Ferme Les Carrotes
Le Jardin de Funambules
One of the most influential in this movement is La Grelinette, run by Maude-Hélène Desroches in Frelighsburg. Over the past two decades, they have revolutionized local food systems, providing a model for small-scale, high-efficiency farming that has been adopted globally. La Grelinette's success lies in its commitment to sustainable practices, making local food production not only environmentally friendly but also economically viable. Their work has paved the way for a new generation of farmers focused on quality, community, and ecological integrity.
Farm-to-Plate Innovation
In addition to their work at La Grelinette, JM has recently launched a new venture just down the road from their home farm. This farm-to-plate model is designed to deepen the connection between growers and consumers. It serves as a hub for agricultural innovation, with integrated office spaces for growers, facilitating collaboration and knowledge-sharing. This new space is also home to the Heirloom, the Market Gardener Institute and Growers & Co which focuses on training and empowering small-scale farmers through educational outreach and hands-on experience. By streamlining communication and teamwork, they’re making it easier for small farms to succeed and for consumers to access high-quality, locally-grown produce.
JM’s new book written with Catherine Sylvestre 'The Winter Market Gardener' focuses on techniques for growing through the colder months, offering practical insights for those interested in extending their growing season. This is a critical resource for farmers in northern climates who want to increase their resilience and profitability.
A special thanks to all the growers who hosted me during this visit. Your work is not only feeding your communities but also contributing to the global conversation on how to create a more just and sustainable food system.
During the trip, I visited multiple inspiring farms:
La Grelinette
Espace Old Mill
Ferme des Quatre-Temps
Ferme Les Carrotes
Le Jardin de Funambules
One of the most influential in this movement is La Grelinette, run by Maude-Hélène Desroches in Frelighsburg. Over the past two decades, they have revolutionized local food systems, providing a model for small-scale, high-efficiency farming that has been adopted globally. La Grelinette's success lies in its commitment to sustainable practices, making local food production not only environmentally friendly but also economically viable. Their work has paved the way for a new generation of farmers focused on quality, community, and ecological integrity.
Farm-to-Plate Innovation
In addition to their work at La Grelinette, JM has recently launched a new venture just down the road from their home farm. This farm-to-plate model is designed to deepen the connection between growers and consumers. It serves as a hub for agricultural innovation, with integrated office spaces for growers, facilitating collaboration and knowledge-sharing. This new space is also home to the Heirloom, the Market Gardener Institute and Growers & Co which focuses on training and empowering small-scale farmers through educational outreach and hands-on experience. By streamlining communication and teamwork, they’re making it easier for small farms to succeed and for consumers to access high-quality, locally-grown produce.
JM’s new book written with Catherine Sylvestre 'The Winter Market Gardener' focuses on techniques for growing through the colder months, offering practical insights for those interested in extending their growing season. This is a critical resource for farmers in northern climates who want to increase their resilience and profitability.
A special thanks to all the growers who hosted me during this visit. Your work is not only feeding your communities but also contributing to the global conversation on how to create a more just and sustainable food system.
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Efficient Harvesting Design + Tools to minimise your waste
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Harvesting is the heart of any market garden, where efficiency directly impacts the bottom line. One tool that has dramatically improved the harvesting process is the Quick Cut Greens Harvester. This concept was conceived by the godfather of market gardening, Elliot Coleman, of Four Season Farm in Maine. Known for transforming the French intensive market garden method, Elliot is also the author...
How we prepare beds for greater water infiltration + root development
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Bed Preparation: The Foundation of the French Intensive Market Garden Method In the world of small-scale, sustainable agriculture, bed preparation is the cornerstone of the French intensive market garden method. This approach emphasizes deep living soils, which are essential for intensive planting and key to producing more food in any given area. The Broad Fork: A Symbol of Small-Scale Food Pro...
The One Crop to Enhance you Soil, Diet and Pocket
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Pea Shoots are a multipurpose crop which we grow year round. The first growth we harvest as a pea tendril which takes 12 days to grow in summer and 23 days in winter. These taste like sugar snap peas and are a great garnish for restaurants and beautiful in salads also. The regrowth will fix nitrogen and put a huge amount of residual into your soil fast We plant 1kg of dry seed over 3/4 square m...
Mentorship in Market Gardening: our experience
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At Roebuck Farm, our journey from a new market garden to a thriving business has been deeply influenced by mentorship. A pivotal experience was Jodi’s time at Green City Acres in Kelowna, under the guidance of Curtis Stone, The Urban Farmer. This laid the groundwork for Roebuck Farm’s growth, providing invaluable insights into workflow, crop selection, tool utilization, and entrepreneurial thin...
Journey Through Time THE EVOLUTION OF ROEBUCK FARM
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Roebuck Farm, nestled in Taranaki, New Zealand, has a fascinating story of development, deeply influenced by the principles of Bio-Intensive gardening. This method, which combines the French Intensive method with bio-dynamics, was pioneered by Alan Chadwick and popularized by John Jeavons, author of "How to Grow More Vegetables." The Origins of Bio-Intensive Gardening John Jeavons, originally a...
Market Garden Bed Prep: How we Boost Water Infiltration for Healthier Plants
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Creating a deep living soil brings numerous benefits to our market garden, from boosting water infiltration to enhancing plant health. Here's how we achieve record water infiltration in our beds, ensuring sustainable and profitable gardening practices. The Importance of Deep Living Soil Deep living soil is foundational for a thriving market garden. It facilitates: - Enhanced Water Infiltration ...
Level Up with our Best Tips for Growing Award-Winning Microgreens.
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At Roebuck Farm, we pride ourselves on the quality and consistency of our microgreens, a dedication recently recognized with a silver medal at the Outstanding Food Producers Awards for our radish microgreens. Achieving this level of excellence involves mastering various factors, starting with our greenhouse design, where proper ventilation is key. Microgreens are a high-maintenance crop that re...
CHANGE IT UP: how to make this harvester even better.
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BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TO GREATER EFFICIENCY We model an alliance between sustainable, in-season growing principles modern innovative technologies. Based in Taranaki, Roebuck Farm aims to build the bridge back for growers and consumers to regenerative food systems by sharing the expertise we've developed. Join us and upskill with our award-winning programme. Build knowledge during our one-on-one co...
Efficient Harvesting Techniques: Mizuna Harvesting Demonstration with the Salad Green Harvester
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BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TO GREATER EFFICIENCY We model an alliance between sustainable, in-season growing principles modern innovative technologies. Based in Taranaki, Roebuck Farm aims to build the bridge back for growers and consumers to regenerative food systems by sharing the expertise we've developed. Join us and upskill with our award-winning programme. Build knowledge during our one-on-one co...
WHY MIXING MATTERS: Salad Mix to Roastie Mix
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Watch to see why we applied the convenience model of our salad mix to our baby root vege creating a very popular product, the Roebuck Roasties. These are a win-win for us as producers and for our customers. BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TO GREATER EFFICIENCY We model an alliance between sustainable, in-season growing principles modern innovative technologies. Based in Taranaki, Roebuck Farm aims to build ...
Tricks to harvesting your PEA SHOOTS grown in the field
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This is how we efficiently harvest Pea Shoots, a crop equally celebrated by producers, chefs, by the soil. They are a win-win for all involved. Pea shoots grown in the field generate an excellent space time-to-income ratio while also instilling substantial root matter into your soil. Left longer they even fix nitrogen. See further notes on our blog www.roebuckfarm.com/why-pea-shoots-grown-in-th...
Win by planting your Pea Shoots in the Field
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A crop equally celebrated by us as producers, by consumers and by the soil are delicious Pea Shoots. They are a win-win for all involved. But if we were to grow these indoors, it would be a whole another story … Pea shoots grown in the field generate an excellent space time to income ratio while also instilling substantial root matter into your soil. Left longer they even fix nitrogen. See furt...
TRANSPLANTING: looking after your back + your seedling health
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Subscribe for weekly shares of the practical strategies we use on farm to ensure both sustainability profitability operate alongside each other in the market garden. Roebuck Farm in New Zealand models an alliance between sustainable, in-season growing principles modern innovative technologies. We are proudly building the bridge back for growers and consumers to regenerative food systems by shar...
Sealing bags like this will extend shelf life
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Sharing weekly practical strategies we use on our farm ensuring both sustainability profitability operate together in the market garden. This week Jodi gives you all the inside tricks walks you through our entire packaging sequence. You can’t be green if you are in the red.
How to make exceptional seed raising mix on a market garden scale
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How to make exceptional seed raising mix on a market garden scale
Jodi Roebuck Soil Summit 2024 - Biodiversity, Cultivating Life
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Jodi Roebuck Soil Summit 2024 - Biodiversity, Cultivating Life
Cucumbers, what we wished we'd known earlier!
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Cucumbers, what we wished we'd known earlier!
Washing Salads in the Bubbler at Roebuck Farm
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Washing Salads in the Bubbler at Roebuck Farm
MICROGREEN MOTOCROSS - efficiency in microgreen harvesting
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MICROGREEN MOTOCROSS - efficiency in microgreen harvesting
SIMPLE HACKS we made to IMPROVE the JANG + SIX ROW SEEDERs
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SIMPLE HACKS we made to IMPROVE the JANG SIX ROW SEEDERs
Approaches in the new greenhouse, take a tour
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Approaches in the new greenhouse, take a tour
The Sumi Soaker - why we prefer it for irrigation
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The Sumi Soaker - why we prefer it for irrigation
Cover cropping with the Jang Seeder
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Cover cropping with the Jang Seeder
How we speed up propagation + optimise germination and seedling health at the same time
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How we speed up propagation optimise germination and seedling health at the same time
The Bubbler, cornerstone of wash + pack efficiency.
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The Bubbler, cornerstone of wash pack efficiency.
Lean Up your market garden with wheels!
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Lean Up your market garden with wheels!
Which length of the qlipr wires do you use Jodi?
1.8 metre Our top wire is 3 metres high
@@jodiroebuckofroebuckfarm2967 Cheers!
Amazing method!
Great to see the history and where you have come from..
I did not know dropping cucumbers was a thing! Definitely gonna give this a go in my private garden this year.
Farmers Friend sells an extension handle for the greens harvester for better ergonomics. Any thought on using that?
Hi yes I am, long handle bars are heavy, take you further away from the cutting point and aren’t as fast or eurgonomic for unloading salad That’s why we made this video It’s key for the drill to be freestyle and used with the right hand for fast lightweight effecincy We are harvesting 10kg in six minutes
The greenhouse is looking amazing 🤩
Are there any instances in which you'd choose the JP-1 over the JP-5? I'm trying to decide between the two at the moment
“This bed got really tight” and then he effortlessly drops in a broadfork 16” down. How do you access such an incredibly wide bed?
Nice one
love the last 2 seconds of the video haha
I follow this process now for my home veggie patch. Works a treat thanks Jodi! 👍👍
why did you choose in soil rather than hyrdo system ? do you need to heat the green house in winter? I see concrete around the edge so that holds the heat in winter?
Hi Jodie, what is the depth of your bubbler sink?
Hi Jodie, congratulations on the award! I love your channel. Your content is sooo helpful. I am just starting a full size market garden yours is my favourite channel. I am trying to buy a heat print labeller like yours but they have new models since you talked about yours, and I'm bamboozled! What would you buy now? I realise you probably would only know if you had bought a new one recently... Congratulations again, and you totally deserve the award!
Nice. Must be nice for you to be finally putting footage and stories from 8 years to good work on the tube, thanks.
Sure thing! its been quite a journey, its great to share
The bio intensive methods- “Grow more Vegetables…..” have been a continuing influence on my food gardening. Good to hear of your journey.
Hi Jodi, I also followed John Jeavons from the late 70s ("How to grow more vegetables"), but never got to Willets. It is remarkable what you've achieved. We have hosted a few attendees for your training here in Onaero. Maybe we'll meet one day. All the best!
Thank you for sharing this Jodi, very impressive what you’ve achieved. I can’t believe the number of beds you were managing with two young kids and working off farm still, wow. You should be very proud of how far you’ve come, very inspiring. What’s the reason for no longer doing double dug beds, if you don’t mind me asking?
Khu vườn của bạn rộng lớn quá ,cảm ơn bạn đã chia kinh nghiệm làm vườn với mọi người ❤️.
Chúng tôi rất hân hạnh, rất vui vì bạn thích thú với những gì chúng tôi chia sẻ
Thanks mate.
This is amazing, idk why I never thought of letting them grow vertically like this and always tried to get them growing along a trellis, definitely going to try this out next year, thank you so much for the inspiration, beautiful looking plants also btw your water timings must be phenomenal.
Thanks very much!
Great job!! Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing
Great content Jodi, thanks.
Awesome, glad you are enjoying it!
Hi Jodi, thanks for the insights! What's your protocol for dirty trays, do you wash and sanitize between each run or simply brush off soil?
We use the Paperpot trays, they are super strong. We flip them and whack them upside down into a barrow to empty. We do not use any sanitizing
Where can I buy one of those harvesters?
If in the US, Farmer’s Friend sells the harvester
Well done!
would have been nice to see how the string is put in the ground
Thanks mate, do you simply look under the stacks to check the size and see they are around the 5mm mark before unstacking? How do you terminate? And is it best to go in with transplants after terminating? Cheers, ill follow this. But i may have bought the wrong variety haha. Its a white flowering pea… buying in another language has its challanges
Hi Daniel, yes lift the corner of the board to check for the size. We leave the regrowth to fix nitrogen, then tarp to terminate. We use the tendril type.
Thanks mate, how long under a tarp does it need?
Nice one mate
Thanks Jodie, your videos are so helpful, I love them. Thanks for the top tip - it's a good and simple solution to have tape covered cardboard and bulldog clip to cover the blade. The guard supplied doesn't stay on and also slips sideways - I have scarred myself on it. Farmer's Friend should really pay more attention to the safety of this piece of kit! Thanks
Great hoops! No more pegs/ripped netting, no sandbags! Is South Pacific yr go-to...or do you mix it up?
We buy from several suppliers for seeds, but for Mizuna its South Pacific
Çok güzel harika görünüyor👍
Thanks!
That soil is very soft, come try your digging on my patch of clay.
These videos are super helpful to someone like me starting out. Thanks so much Jodi, I appreciate your generosity in sharing how your business works!
Nice greenhouse, a lot of vegetables ❤❤❤
Thanks for the video, interesting... nice potting up table. 8:28 interested in where you source your quickpot's from?
We get our trays from Daltons in New Zealand
Do You use organic «grocery store» peas , or do You use the microgreen peas that doesnt produce tendrils?
We use ta tendril type pea seed called Fiji Feathers from a seed supply company
Hi Jody what’s the variety you use? I have grown lots of speckled pea on trays but I’m guessing you have a more tendrilly variety? Thanks for all the great info!
Hi, we are using Fiji Feathers variety here.
Great content thanks Jodi! We use your method for Tic bean/Fava bean shoots and they are fantastic 👍
excellent, great to hear :)
Hey Jody thanks for all this great info. I’m wondering if weed seeds are an issue in the mix, coming in from the soil?
It all makes sense.
did you mention how long until you uncover? thank you
Hi there, we have also shared a blog on our website to accompany this video - check at www.roebuckfarm.com/why-pea-shoots-grown-in-the-field-are-a-win-for-profitability-sustainability/
Another great video Jodi. 👍👍
thank you. glad you are getting a lot out of them. Releasing further podcasts soon with Diego Footer on FARM SMALL FARM SMART which you will find interesting too.
@@jodiroebuckofroebuckfarm2967 I look forward to it.
Great tips Jodi thanks and spinach looking good also 👍
Happy growing Mike
Hello Jodi, i noticed you making a hand movement, right before you tape-seal the bag. You switch the hand which grips the top end of the bag before sealing it. Wouldn't it be more efficient in the long run to keep the top of the bag in your left hand and pull the bag through the sealer with the top of the bag pointing to your left instead of switching the hands? Maybe you need to reposition the Tapesealer for optimal workflow. Thank you for all the information you give away for free! Greetings from Germany
now that is pretty neat. Easy to move around too so its quite modular
Would love dimensions of this!
Bloody good stuff mate!
I asked a question on another video but this answers some of it. Just wondering where you have found the balance between say Grow biointensive techniques and say a jesse frost living soil handbook / no till? Currently have .2 of an acre under tarp to break in myself over the next 2 years in germeny
They are both an influence
Love it, ill make one too, considering your con maybe under shelter. Question: How do you include other grow biointensive practices for a profitable veggie business? Do you start in flats or cells? Do you use his spacings or sow consortiums for successional growth? Thanks mate
Hi Jodi, thanks for the recipe. One small improvement on the video... please buy a good mic to improve the quality of the sound. Keep up the good work!!