Those who only pass through New Jersey may wonder why we residents would ever call it The Garden State. Our daughter learned this while introducing herself at a gathering of fellow freshmen at college; when she said she was from New Jersey, a snide questioner…
WEST MILFORD – Current evidence suggests a black bear killed a hiker in Apshawa Preserve on Sunday. If that is the case, the incident would mark the only fatal bear attack ever recorded in New Jersey. Police said there was evidence that Edison resident Darsh…
New Jersey voters should support a constitutional amendment that would allocate millions of dollars in corporate taxes for preserving open space, a bipartisan coalition pushing the plan said today. The coalition kicked off its “Yes on 2” campaign at the Greater Newark Conservancy’s Prudential Outdoor…
You might not expect one of New Jersey’s oldest industries to also be one of its most creative, but the fact is, farmers know how to innovate. They have to. In agriculture, margins are slim, expenses are unpredictable and the weather that makes a successful…
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher recently marked the start of the state’s fall agritourism season while visiting a sunflower maze in Sussex County. The weeks after Labor Day are a “wonderful time to visit Garden State farms,” he said during the event. But…
It’s been a bountiful harvest this summer, with farmers markets and supermarkets showing their colors in the emerald green of broccoli and kale, the scarlet of Jersey tomatoes and the deep purple of young eggplant. Now a series of bills that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno…
SUSSEX BOROUGH — As the 21-year-old son of a dairy farmer, Charles Kuperus took not one but two leaps of faith in 1979. That was the year he married his high school sweetheart, Marge, and started his horticultural business. “I started it from scratch, literally,”…
By Ryck Suydam The Star-Ledger’s editorial (“The Highlands Act at risk,” Aug. 10) and op-ed from the Highlands Coalition (“A decade later, Highlands Act still a good deal,” Aug. 10) ring hollow to us as farmers and local economic stakeholders in the region. Rather than…
New Jersey Farm Bureau will host an informational meeting regarding Farmland Assessment, and the upcoming changes to this law. (Changes will take effect in 2015.) The meeting will be held Monday, September 29, 7:00 – 8:30PM at the Hunterdon County Route 12 Complex, Building #1,…
Acclaimed late night TV host Jay Leno will give the closing session keynote address at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 96th Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show in San Diego on Jan. 12, 2015. Leno, an admired stand-up comedian, is also a best-selling children’s book…
