The future of New Jersey’s open-space program is at a standstill as unlikely opponents square off on how best to fund the state’s long-standing — but broke — effort to increase parkland, preserve farmland and demolish flood-prone homes and businesses. Two competing funding bills have…
New Jersey Farm Bureau’s newly reactivated Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) program was featured in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Several YF&R members were interviewed for the story. Click here to read the story from philly.com.
Polices adopted by the delegates of the New Jersey Farm Bureau 95th Annual Meeting are now available online. Click here to view the 2014 NJFB Policies.
The NJ Farm Bureau Annual Meeting will be held November 18-19 at the Princeton Westin at Forrestal Village. Click here to view or print a copy of the program.
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…
NJFB President Ryck Suydam takes a moment to update the contact information on his 2014 membership renewal form. Ryck urges all members to do the same – especially adding or correcting email addresses, to aid in Farm Bureau communications.
Philip J. Traino, 80, a career farmer who was president of the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey in 1976-78, died of heart failure Tuesday, Oct. 22, at his home in Marlton. Click here to read the complete obituary from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
New Jersey farmers and agricultural experts questioned representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday about new regulations that will bring federal officials to their farms. The federal regulators visited the Rutgers University EcoComplex on Florence-Columbus Road for a food safety conference. Click…
Fred and Hoss Grasso grow a lot of fruits and veggies on their 100-acre farm in Mullica Hill, including strawberries, asparagus, cucumbers, squash and watermelon. When the brothers heard the Urban Farm in West Deptford was for sale, they jumped at the chance to expand….
NJFB President Ryck Suydam wrote a letter to the editor of the Burlington County Times in response to an op-ed on the gestation crate issue. Click here to read the letter from NJFB President Ryck Suydam.
