Kia Ora + welcome to Roebuck Farm
We are Jodi + Tanya Roebuck and we developed Roebuck Farm, an intensive 2/3rds of an acre market garden HERE growing + delivering produce into restaurants + retail in all within a short distance from the farm.
We are proud to be an award-winning small-scale intensive market garden and recognised for our commitment to sustainability + mentorship of other growers.
We specialise in fast day-to-maturity crops and same-day harvest + delivery. It’s a model that can work for everyone + really supports both farmers + the community through increasing changeable weather challenges and pandemics.
We love what we do.
We are passionate about growing food sustainably and profitably.
We know what we offer is unique + we would like to encourage others into building the bridge back to local + sustainable food systems.
STUDY HISTORY
2024 – CANOPY Leadership Program, Jean-Marting Fortier, The Market Gardener, Montreal, Canada
2023 – Nicole Masters Soil Resilience Tour, Cambridge, New Zealand
2019 – Jules Matthews Regenerative Workshop
2019 – Ian Mitchel Innes, Regenerative Grazing, 1 Day, Chaos Springs
2019 – Organic Pastural Dairy Group, Regenerative, Christchurch
2017 – The Urban Farmer, 4 Day Market Garden Intensive
2017 – The Urban Farmer, 1 Day Market Garden Intensive
2017 – David Asher Natural Cheese Making, 5 Day
2016 – Ben Faulk/Whole Systems Design, Advanced Permaculture Practicum, 2 Days, Vermont
2016 – The Market Gardener, 1 Day
2016 – The Urban Farmer, 1 Day
2015 – Introduction to Wholistic Management, Jefferson Centre for WM, California
2015 – Polyface Intensive, 2 Day, Joel Salatin, Australia
2014 – 10 Day Leadership Training, Laurence Green
2014 – Permaculture Forestry, Darren Doherty + David Holgrem, Victoria Australia
2014 – Permaculture Design Certificate, 14 Days, Darren Doherty/Regrarians, Victoria Australia – keyline design, wholistic management, silver pasture
2014 – Bruce Davison/Soil Smith Farm Scale Worm Farming, Napier
2014 – John King, Mangarara Farm + 2 farm tours, grazing
2014 – The Permaculture Orchardist, Stefan 1 day, NZ
2013 – Fields of Farmers, Joel Salatin, 1 Day, Auckland
2012 – Regenerative Agriculture Practical, 4 Days, Joel Salatin, Darren Doherty, Taranaki Farm, Australia
2012 – John Jeavons, Grown Biointensive, 5 Day teachers training, California
2003 – EMA Front Day Managers 10 Day Training
2003 – Ecology Action, John Jeavons, Special Internship, 7 Months, 3 Day Grow Biointensive, 5 Day teachers training, California
2003 – Passive Solar Greenhouse Growing, 5 Day, Steve Moore, Pensylvania
2003 – John Navisio, Natural Plant Breeding + Seed Selection, 3 Day, California
2001 – John Jeavons 3 Day Grow Biointensive, California
2001 – Koanga Institute, (PRI NZ) Permaculture Research Institute NZ 2 year apprenticeship, Biointensive Heritage Seed Production
NATIONAL + INTERNATIONAL EVENTS TAUGHT
2024 – Stacking Regenerative Enterprises, 2 Days, Regionality Australia, Capricorn Coast, AUS
2023 – 3 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Five Tales Farm, Melbourne, Vic. Aus
2023 – Presentation at Nicole Masters Soil Resilience Tour, Cambridge, New Zealand
2023 – 3 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Five Tales Farm, Melbourne, Vic. Aus (2nd event)
2022 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Active Vista, Tasmania, Australia
2018 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Green Cauldron Farm, Brisbane, Australia
2016 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Whole Systems Design, Vermont, USA
2018 – 3 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Kul Kul Farm, Abiensemal, Bali
2018 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Buena Vista, Sydney, Australia
2018 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Pocket City Farm, Sydney, Australia
2018 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Melliodora, Victoria, Australia
2016 – Sheep Grazing, Quebec, Canada
2016 – 3 Day Market Gardening, Koanga Institute, Wairoa, New Zealand
2016 – 2 Day Grazing Workshop, Koanga Institute, Wairoa, New Zealand
2016- Regenerative Grazing, Permaculture Hui, Cambridge, New Zealand
2015 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Buena Vista, Sydney, Australia
2015- 1 Day Grow Biointensive, Koanga Institute, Hamilton, New Zealand
2014 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Pocket City Farm, Sydney, Australia
2014 – 2 Day Market Gardening Intensive, Melliodora, Victoria, Australia
2005- 2 Day Grow Biointensive, Koanga Institute, Kaiwaka, New Zealand
FIELD EXPERIENCE/PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Five Tales Farm, Melbourne, Australia
Longley Organic Farm, Tasmania, Australia
Four Season Farm, Maine, USA
FQT La Ferme des Quatre Temps, Jean Martin Fortier, Quebec, Canada
Le Grelinette, Quebec, Canada
Pitchfork Farm, Vermont, USA
Whole Systems Design, Vermont, USA
Rose Creek Farm, Tennessee, USA
The Urban Farmer, Curtis Stone, British Columbia, Canada
The Sea Ranch Sheep, California, USA
Mark Biaggi, California, USA
Kinsfolk Farm, Victoria, Australia
Summit Organics, Brisbane, Australia
Taranaki Farm, Victoria, Australia
Epicurean Harvest, NSW, Australia
Bruce Davison, Soil Smith, Candelo Salers, NSW, Australia
Fermaculture Farm, NSW, Australia
Dan T Eggman, NSW, Australia
Jonai Farms, Victoria, Australia
Ecology Action, John Jeavons, California, USA
Ridgewood Ranch, California, USA
Stuart Laing, Victoria, Australia
The Family Farm, Napier, New Zealand
Mangaroa Farm, Wellington, New Zealand
UC Santa Cruise, California, USA
Zen Centre, California, USA
Rainbow Valley Farm, Joe Polaisher, Matakana, New Zealand
Koanga Institute, Kaiwaka, New Zealand
Soul Food Farm, Raglan, New Zealand
Backyard Gem, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand
Our Impact
Mentorship is the bottom line for transferring farm knowledge. We love the engagement + directness of it.
We host hundreds of growers from both ends of the scale to the farm every year for workshops, training + tours. And we consult with farmers further away online.
We continue to work hard + enjoy the physicality of it. At the same time, we are basking in knowing the impact we make on start-up + established farms around the world by mentoring + sharing how we do things ensuring growing food is both sustainable + profitable.
