Robin Turner – Proprietor and Farm Manager
Robin spent his twenties traveling in Asia and teaching English before finally deciding to return to University to study environmental science. While at UBC he was forcefully exposed to core agriculture curriculum, which made him realize that food is the main way humanity explores its connection with the natural environment. He got a job on a farm that summer. Two years after that he got his first taste of organic vegetable farming, and has never looked back.
Robin has worked on and managed organic vegetable farms in Montreal and Boston, and Ottawa since 2004. He holds a degree in Sustainable Agriculture from the University of British Columbia and also coordinates farmer training programs for Just Food .
Jess Weatherhead – Farm Manager
Jess has been farming for her entire life. Driving tractors, plucking chickens, and showing cows were part of a rich, rural childhood that established an appreciation for fresh air, bare feet and close food. She has five years of market gardening experience and has joined Roots and Shoots Farm with the intention of growing great food with great people while living in a great city. Jessica graduated from St. Stephen’s University in 2008 with a degree in History and Literature.
Jess is also a painter: www.jessweatherhead.com
Danny B - Expert Veggie Farmer
Danny is a 26 year old foreigner who is joining the farm for a love of hard manual labour under the heat of the Ottawa sun. This will be his first year farming after a few years of community gardening; landscaping; and conservation projects. He has decided to join the farm this year because of a genuine desire to learn about growing organic veggies and to play his part in a local, sustainable and secure food system. His realisation of the unsustainable and frankly bizarre nature of the current industrial import-led food system have developed over a number of years and it is now time to put actions behind words! Danny graduated from Sheffield University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Geography.
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