Nature's Route Farm
785 Route 16 E4L 2P1 Sackville, NB, Canada

The Season is officially underway! SPINACH planted in the greenhouse and kale planted in trays. Hoping for mid April harvests! @ Nature's Route Farm

Awesome sweet potatoes from Strawberry Hill Farm. Available through the Dieppe Virtual Market, our online store for delivery or the Sackville, Moncton or Dieppe markets!

Surprise! We found one more bag of Vivaldi potatoes, it was labeled as reds... Yes! 2000 more pounds of delicious creamy yellow potatoes.

Oooops... I forgot to post products on the Virtual Market this week. They are there now if you would like to make your order: https://www.marchedieppemarket.com/covid-19-response

Happy 2021! 2020 was a hard year and we have spent the last couple of months getting vegetables harvested and stored for the winter ahead. Having unplugged for the holidays markets start up again on Saturday January 2nd. We will be in Dieppe and Sackville and back to the Moncton Market on the 9th of January.

2021 Crabmeal Fertilizer - No Turning Back

Finally!!! 2 months late, but we finally have gorgeous broccoli.

7 acres of buckwheat cover crop mowed! Making light for the understory clover.

Picking potatoes with my daughter...

I want to take a minute to thank our customers and let everyone know how we are doing. First and foremost, thank you to all of our staff and customers. It has been a challenging season but we are doing OK. We have had some great students and other part time help working along with Kevin, Erin, Jesus, and most recently Luis who will be here until December. Despite the seemingly endless rows and fields of carrots to weed, weekly harvests and an ever daunting list of work ahe...ad the crew has been extremely positive and hard working. Our hard work has been worthwhile with great looking crops headed into the fall. Water has percolated to the top of the challenge list of 2020; even surpassing COVID! Despite receiving only 45mm of rain in four months (significantly shy of our 400mm wish list) we managed to irrigate critical crops while the hot weather crops have flourished. We look forward to a great fall of tomatoes and peppers! It has been so hot and dry the beans are almost done The brassicas like broccoli and cauliflower refused to grow, but our irrigation kept everything except the early crops alive and ready to produce during cooler fall weather. Our storage crops, namely carrots, potatoes and beets look exceptional and we look forward to another winter of great quality food. Thankfully we expanded our pond in April and while it is now almost dry, cooler weather and some rain seems to be on the way. "COVID" has made both managing the farm and managing sales challenging. While COVID significantly changed our staffing plan, it has had huge impact on sales. While our Dieppe Saturday market is down almost 45% since January we have made up the sales at the Sackville Farmers' Market, the Friday Dieppe Market, the Dieppe Virtual Market, home deliveries and more retail locations. Somehow we managed to produce and sell 66,000 units of food so far in 2020. The year will be a challenging one with increased costs and lower margins, but, we could not keep farming without the support from our community, both to grow and buy our food. Since my teenage years I wanted to feed people and we are making it happen! Many thanks to all of you who make it possible.

We have updated the Dieppe Virtual Market https://reallylocalmarkets.com/ and our Home Delivery Site https://www.naturesroutefarm.ca/en/market-manager/inventory/ with current fresh products - so many beans again this week!!!

Finally Carrots! Physically distanced harvest day.

Hydro cooling multi colour beets!

We have so many beans this week!!! We also added items to our online store for delivery tomorrow in Greater Moncton! Order today! https://www.naturesroutefarm.ca/en/market-manager/inventory/

We will have some of Codiac Organic's Cherry Tomatoes today in Dieppe!

We will have some of Codiac Organics Cherry Tomatoes today in Dieppe!

First new potatoes!

Nature's Route Farm

Natures Route Farm

This is the last day to order your home delivery this week! https://www.naturesroutefarm.ca/en/market-manager/inventory/

Come and see us! Fresh veggies are on their way. https://reallylocalmarkets.com//the-dieppe-saturday-market

We are doing TO THE DOOR DELIVERIES in Dieppe, Riverview and Moncton! Check out or blog and website for more information: https://www.naturesroutefarm.ca//market-manager/blog-posts/

We are at the Sackville Farmers' Market and the Moncton Market today!

So much spinach this week!!!

Moncton Market this morning. Lots of veggies and a modest COVID-19 display.

Wow, what a week of dealing with COVID-19 paperwork!!! The good news is that we are almost ready for the Dieppe Market on Friday evening along with the Sackville Farmers' Market and the Moncton Market on Saturday! Here is a link to book an appointment in Dieppe: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php

We are at the Sackville Farmers Market and the Moncton Market today!

We have lots of spinach and kale in Sackville this morning!

18 May 2020 The problem seems simple: The agriculture and fishing industry are suffering from a massive shortage of trained labourers while there are thousands of people in New Brunswick unemployed and relying on government benefits. Shouldnt we be able to employ these people? Why have these industries had to resort to off shore labour in order to produce products in the first place? It doesnt take long to recognize a few complexities. Here is a look at Natures Route...Continue reading

We are finding more ways to get produce to Sackville!

For the first time I am asking people to speak up about government decisions. The decision to close our province to incoming Seasonal Agriculture Workers despite the federal governments push to make this possible defies logic. Speak up! Talk to your MLA and MP, gather support from our community. This should not be a political problem; I am sorry to feel that our government has made it into one. Here is my letter to our MP: Dear Dominic Leblanc,...Continue reading

This seems more like a blog post than a facebook post. I wanted to let everybody know how we are doing: First, our family and staff have been able to stay healthy. We got all of our family home from abroad safely and quickly implemented new systems to protect (y)our food. I hope all of you have managed to adapt to new ways of life and stayed healthy too. At Natures Route Farm winter is a busy time and this one was been particularly busy. Winter is our time to review the ...Continue reading

With so many changes and no way to make sales projections it has been difficult to make a plan for the season. Here is our summary: 1. Dieppe Virtual Market - order Monday to Wednesday and pick up on Friday at the Dieppe Market 2. Pop-Up Market - Saturday Sackville - 9am until noon 3. Pop-Up Market - Friday 1541 Mountain Road Moncton. 2:30pm until 5:30pm. Start to be determined; by 16 July 2020.... 4. Saturday Sackville, Moncton and Dieppe Markets as soon as they open to the public. Our CSA. We will change our CSA to a prepaid web-based system that will enable you to choose whatever veggies you want at any of our points of sale except the Dieppe Virtual Market. Pick-up what you want and your purchase will be withdrawn from your credit on the spot by our staff. This includes Sackville and Moncton pop-up markets and Saturday markets when they resume. Here is a link where you are able log in, pay online and monitor your account throughout the season: https://www.naturesroutefarm.ca/en/

This morning! Lots and lots of spinach.

Physical Distancing selling veggies in Sackville this morning.

To get the most from your vegetables be sure to store them properly. If you buy larger quantities to reduce your outings check out our storage advice: https://naturesroutefarm.ca/en/vegetable-storage/

We will be in Sackville on Saturday from 9am until Noon. Right beside the public library. No preorders necessary, will accept debit, credit along with cash cash and make "safe" change. or Preorder and receive your veggies at the Friday Virtual Dieppe Market: https://marchevirtuel-virtualmarket.square.site//tous-all/5

This Morning. Our test run of selling vegetables in a safe way was overall successful. A few wrinkles to iron out; but, we provided great food for lots of people.

Getting ready to be in Sackville. 9am until Noon today. Keep your 2m separation distance from everybody and be patient as we work out the wrinkles. https://naturesroutefarm.ca//covid19-safety-and-pop-up-ma/

We have established our protocol! We will be at the virtual market in Dieppe tomorrow afternoon for those who already made their order. We will be in Sackville on Saturday Morning. 9am until noon. https://naturesroutefarm.ca//covid19-safety-and-pop-up-ma/

Bad news: Our pop-up shop on Saturday will not happen in Dieppe. Good news: The online market is up! https://marchevirtuel-virtualmarket.square.site//nature/40

We are working getting products to the Dieppe Virtual Market on Friday, being in a parking lot in Dieppe on Friday and Saturday and Sackville on Saturday. Here is a list of products we will have: Carrots 2.75lbs Carrots 11lbs Beets 2.75lbs... Rutabaga 2.75lbs Parsnips 1.67lbs Potatoes 8lbs Potatoes 50lbs Sweet Potatoes 2.33lbs Stay tuned!!!

With protocols changing by the minute and the necessity for all of us to determine new ways to receive and provide services (including food) it has been difficult to make a plan. Here is our plan to date Immediate. In order to safeguard our workers and maintain vegetable food safety we ask that you do not come to the farm. We are implementing a strict visitor policy to ensure your safety. We will endeavour to provide larger quantities of vegetables to clients through som...e sort of outdoor venue without cash and with a 2m separation between all people. We do not have a location for either Sackville or the greater Moncton/Dieppe area at this time. This looks like a parking lot pick-up with a tap credit card machine, ordering at one door and picking up veggies at the other. Veggies will all be pre-bagged with no capability to make custom orders. We will have: $5 bags of carrots, beets, and rutabaga (2.75lbs) and parsnips (1.67lbs) $10 bags of potatoes (8lbs) $20 bags of carrots (11lbs) $45 bags of potatoes (50lbs) Short Term. We will progress our growing season and continue to provide a wide selection of the best possible vegetables. The leeks, onions and tomatoes are already growing and we are a few weeks away from having spinach. If the markets remain shut we will collaborate with other producers and the Really Local Harvest Cooperative to provide the best and safest service possible. Long Term. With our produce in such high demand and with the uncertainty of global supply and we recognize a need for more locally grown products. We hope that New Brunswicks quick response to this outbreak enables us all to get back to normal healthy lives and that our economy recovers quickly. We plan to grow more vegetables. Period.

We are at the Sackville Farmers' Market today! I will have a communication plan for our veggie strategy put together early on the week.

We are at the Sackville Farmers Market today! I will have a communication plan for our veggie strategy put together early on the week.