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Roebuck Farm is a sustainable & profitable small scale working farm offering the highest quality education, consul & expertise for customers from NZ & across the world, who are interested in sustainable food production on limited land space & often with limited resources. We encourage & teach the principles of independence & self-sufficiency through highly interactive on-farm activities based around our agrarian & market garden production cycles.
Jodi Roebuck is an international renowned Biointensive Gardening educator and Restoration Grazing consultant. The 2016/17 season marks his 18th year growing and selecting heritage vegetable seed. This year sees the expansion of the gardens with 37 new beds going in for vegetable production based on the work of peers Curtis Stone (The Urban Farmer) and Jean-Martin Fortier (The Market Gardener). |
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Jodi's commitment to Regenerative Agriculture has created relationships with many of the world's leading figures, shaping the direction of ROEBUCK FARM and influencing our students around the globe. The Restoration Grazing work is a complementary integral part of the business, and a passion of Jodi's that has led him to work with many graziers and educators in some of the worlds driest regions.
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North & South contributing writer Anthony Burt and photographer Ken Downie paid the farm a visit in July.
'Roebuck is a huge believer in the potential of soil-carbon sequestration and its effects on healthy food production - it's a key factor in both in both hs gardening techniques and his sheep grazing. "I know farmers that are farming 5000 acres and sequestering carbon, with maybe one employee" he says. "Thats effective. Whereas if we look at feed lots and hard 'grazing', if we can even call it that, it doesnt look too good for the planet". From an ecological perspective, then, theres a lot to commend the new bio-intensive market garden, which prioritises soil carbon, cover cropping, space and water efficiency, and nutrient density. In New Zealand it could also start to answer one of our major challenges. Population pressure is making land seriously expensive.' |
Bio-Intensive Education.
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Restoration Grazing Education.
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