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…
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Open space is precious in New Jersey, and most residents understand the importance of preserving it. Voters are so sensitive to the need that they have repeatedly approved tax-hike proposals on local, county and state levels to assure money remains available to secure available land….
More than one billion records of New Jersey weather and climate data are now available on the state climatologist’s revamped website. Click here to read more from the Star Ledger.
The strawberries are excellent — late, but excellent. Local farmers are predicting that other crops will fare as well after the long, cold winter. At worst, there was a delay in planting due to icy and wet soil. At best, the snow and cold moistened…
Do you have an interest in vegetable production? Please join us tonight as Jim Giamarese hosts our group for a visit/tour of his vegetable farm East Brunswick at 6:30 pm. Address is: 155 Fresh Pond Road, East Brunswick NJ. Hope to see you there!
The front page of yesterday’s Star-Ledger featured a piece about a Fairleigh Dickinson/PublicMind Poll showing that most New Jerseyans plan to flee the state once they retire. The main reason given was our state’s high costs and taxes. That was no surprise to me. Over…
Strings dangling from a greenhouse-like tunnel dance when a breeze blows through Shirley Kline’s small farm, a wisp of rural beauty in a cantaloupe patch. The moment is not lost on the world-traveled farmer of 6 acres in Stow Creek Township, Cumberland County. “If you…
Excitement is building around the New Jersey Farm to School program, said Mary Stein, associate director of the National Farm to School Network. “Where New Jersey really stands out is through the school garden program. They’ve been major leaders around that movement,” Stein said. “Those…
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has been hearing reports of crop damage from a hail storm that hit Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem and Atlantic counties on May 22. The Department is working with USDA Farm Service Agency in helping to assess damage and determine what…
