NJ Minors to Get Working Papers Online Starting June 1 at MyWorkingPapers.NJ.Gov May 18, 2023 TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) today announced a new online application for teenagers who need working papers – at MyWorkingPapers.nj.gov – launching June…
The Gladys “Beth” Pool Memorial Scholarship was established in 2021 to honor the memory of Beth Pool. Beth was dairy farmer and an agricultural advocate from Gloucester County. Alongside her husband and family, Beth owned and operated Sebowisha Farms, a dairy farm where they milked…
FSA recently featured Jared Weeks of Ringoes, New Jersey, on the FSA Fence Post Blog. After working on a neighbor’s dairy farm, he started Hun-Val Dairy Farm in 2005 with a youth loan from FSA. He progressed to direct farm operating loans, which have been…
TRENTON (March 1, 2018) — The Young Farmers and Ranchers committee of the New Jersey Farm Bureau held their first meeting of the new year at “The Farmhouse” — offices of the New Jersey Farm Bureau — on West State Street, directly across the street…
NJ Young Farmer & Rancher Annual Meeting – Sunday, November 13, beginning at 10AM, at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village. We have a nice program planned, that will include presentations on the challenges and opportunities of farming in New Jersey, a first-hand account of…
The NJFB Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Committee will hold their annual meeting on Sunday, November 15th at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village (201 Village Blvd, Princeton). The meeting begins at 10AM. Topics on the agenda include Natural Resource conservation Planning for you farm;…
The New Jersey Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) will hold their first annual meeting on Sunday, November 16 at the Princeton Westin in Forrestal Village. Click here to see the full YF&R 2014 annual meeting agenda. Presentation topics will include farm business planning,…
Mitchell Jones grew up knowing he wanted to be a farmer. “I started in high school as an after-school activity,” Jones said. “I helped work on my neighbor’s farm.” With his father working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and a…
New Jersey Farm Bureau’s newly reactivated Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) program was featured in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Several YF&R members were interviewed for the story. Click here to read the story from philly.com.
