A broad range of policy issues covered at State Ag Convention
06 Feb 2015, Posted by Meetings and Events, State News inThe delegates to the 100th State Agricultural Convention considered nearly 40 resolutions covering various policy issues. Resolution titles are listed below. (A new, separate resolution dealing with he issue of Soil Disturbance on Preserved Farms was also added.) Information on the content of the resolutions can be obtained by calling the NJ Department of Agriculture.
- Hunger and Nutrition in NJ
- Definition of “Locally Grown”
- Labeling of Foods with Bio-Engineered Ingredients
- Farmland Preservation
- Microenterprises on Preserved Farms
- Neonicotinoid Insecticides
- Beekeeping and Right to Farm
- Pesticides
- Safe Food Products at Community Farmers Markets
- Low-Hanging Cables
- Animal Waste Management
- Farming on Public Lands
- NJDEP Active Farming Notice
- New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
- Use of Native Plants
- Wildlife and Agriculture
- Humane Treatment of Livestock
- Food Safety
- Right to Farm Program
- Agricultural Offset to Minimum Wage
- Agricultural Education
- Beekeeping and State Pre-emption
- Crop Insurance
- Dairy Industry
- Equine Industry
- Farmland Assessment
- Farm Labor
- Highlands Regional Master Plan
- Horseracing Industry
- Horticultural Therapy
- Land Use
- Pinelands
- Renewable Energy
- Senate Agriculture Committee
- Water
- Wineries, Breweries and Distilleries
- Staff Authorization