{"id":1446,"date":"2021-11-22T15:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:43:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Following in the footsteps of his father Robert Rochon, who obtained his first fruit tree propagation permit in 1944, Marcel founded P\u00e9pini\u00e8re Rochon in 1996. The nursery specializes exclusively in the propagation of apple trees for Quebec apple producers. From its modest beginnings with an annual production of 5,000 trees to its current volume of 90,000 trees per year, the nursery has proudly produced more than a million apple trees since its founding.<\/p>\n

Jean-Marc, the current president of the nursery, studied horticulture at the Saint-Hyacinthe institute of agri-food technology from 1997 to 2000. In order to further his knowledge of plant propagation\u2014a subject he is passionate about\u2014he completed a summer internship at the Boerboom nursery in Saint-Paul-d\u2019Abbotsford in 1998. This was followed by a second internship at the Lafond nursery in Provence in 1999.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Upon his arrival on the family farm in 2000, Jean-Marc took over the nursery\u2019s field production, which numbered nearly 20,000 apple trees a year at the time.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2006<\/h4>
The annual production of the nursery, which was still growing and gaining in popularity, increased to 30,000 trees.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2011<\/h4>
In 2011, Jean-Marc won first prize in the Financi\u00e8re Agricole du Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s \u201cTournez-Vous Vers l\u2019Excellence!\u201d contest. The contest recognizes Quebec\u2019s most promising young farmers.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2013<\/h4>
In 2013, a controlled-atmosphere warehouse was built to optimize the apple trees\u2019 dormancy period before their springtime planting in apple growers\u2019 fields.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Driven by the same passion as always, the P\u00e9pini\u00e8re Rochon team plans to take their business to the next level through the construction of a greenhouse complex and the introduction of S-Sep\u00ae apple trees.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our company founder, who one day decided to grow his small nursery into a large-scale enterprise. Nowadays, he plays more of a background role, but his advice is more than appreciated.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Master of all projects, passionate since day one, Jean-Marc performed his first grafts at the age of 12 (with an impressive scar on his thumb to prove it). Since his arrival, he has been the embodiment of the company\u2019s next-generation dynamism.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Long considered the nursery\u2019s \u201cright-hand,\u201d she has personally grafted over a million apple trees. Following a successful career, she continues to make her rounds to check on the evolution of our production.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In charge of the nursery\u2019s sister company Vergers Rochon, Inc., Vincent is our reliable go-to guy for major planting and pulling operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Edwin, Marlon, Alex, Luis, Jean-Marc, Vincent, C\u00e9line, Marcel, M.Bernard Carri\u00e8re (Mentor) Jarrinson, Selvin et Carlos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About P\u00e9pini\u00e8re Rochon, Inc. Following in the footsteps of his father Robert Rochon, who obtained his first fruit tree propagation permit in 1944, Marcel founded P\u00e9pini\u00e8re Rochon in 1996. The nursery specializes exclusively in the propagation of apple trees for Quebec apple producers. From its modest beginnings with an annual production of 5,000 trees to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":523,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1446","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepiniererochon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}