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…
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…
GMOs: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR NEW JERSEY FARMERS — Friday, May 9, 2014 9:00 AM to Noon at the NJAES EcoComplex, Bordentown, NJ. The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) and the NJAES Board of Managers is sponsoring an informational forum about genetically modified organisms…
Farmers call them “flying rats” or “deer with wings.” They gather by the tens of thousands every year about this time to graze on sprouting winter wheat, rye, alfalfa, and barley. They’re voracious, persistent, and dirty, leaving behind a trail of droppings. Canada geese. Click…
Lorraine Merrill, New Hampshire commissioner of agriculture, food and markets, expresses her view on GMO labeling in this OpEd piece in the Concord Monitor. We hear a lot of comments and concerns from people on both sides of the debate about GMO labeling and House…
Among nearly 20,000 written comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on draft rules regarding produce and preventive controls are letters from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), which is trying to nudge FDA into doing a second draft…
Open-space preservation remains a popular initiative among state voters, but state legislators and the Christie administration aren’t so enthusiastic. Across New Jersey, seven out of 10 ballot questions dealing with raising funds to maintain parks and open space won approval from voters on Tuesday, which…
A federal judge on Friday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping plan to limit pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, derailing the farm lobby’s attempt to stop one of the largest efforts to clean a waterway in the nation’s history. Click here to read the full…
As mentioned in the September 6, 2013 issue of This Week in Farm Bureau article titled “GMO LABELING” – NJFB will be posting links and reference to scientific and policy reports regarding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) to help foster an informed dialogue between farmers and…
For 15 years, certified forester Bob Williams watched over 5,000 acres of woodlands and wetlands in Atlantic County’s Estell Manor. He thinned trees, conducted controlled burns, and planted and fenced seedlings of the increasingly threatened Atlantic white cedar. When the Christie administration bought the land…
