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…
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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…
