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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!

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…

Immigration Legislation Update

28 Apr 2014, Posted by admin in executive director

As of April 28, 2014, the status and future direction of the immigration reform bill in Congress rests solely in the hands of House Speaker John Boehner. The current insider speculation is that he will not attempt to move this high-profile, controversial legislation before the…

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s (NJDA) Division of Marketing and Development works with seven different commodity promotion councils on projects aimed at enhancing commodity-specific marketing and research opportunities. This partnership is in place for the following promotional councils: wine, apples, poultry, dairy, sweet potatoes,…