Jackie Stevenson: A Feminist Icon Passes

A good friend of mine died in her sleep early Sunday morning. Jackie Stevenson spent over forty years in Minnesota politics as a trailblazer and a fierce advocate for women’s rights. But what many people didn’t know about were Jackie’s ties to New Jersey where she was born. I always felt that that spark, that [...]

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Introducing Saucy Burt’s Italian Meatball Cart

This is Minneapolis, not New Jersey, but my good friend Sarah Burt is introducing the Scandinavian Midwest to some real, good down-home Italian cooking. Having sampled some of her amazing cooking before she went professional, I can tell even from a distance that this is going to be good. So if you’re in Minneapolis, check [...]

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What We Saw This Weekend — Farmers Markets Around New Jersey

A new weekly (hopefully) feature that will recap what we’re seeing, reading or hearing about at New Jersey Farmer’s Markets as the season progresses. Feel free to comment here or better yet send us an email at (pocketfarms at gmail dot com) about the farmers markets in your part of the Garden State. Red Bank [...]

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Weekly News Roundup — NJ Agriculture

I’m trying this again. One of the goals of this site is to serve as a central resource or hub for information and news related to the vast world of NJ Agriculture. Our focus is on smaller-scale production and local markets, but NJ’s agriculture, food and broader economy are tightly integrated, so taking a snapshot [...]

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Pocket Farms is Growing!

Pocket Farms is growing! Kind of. We’ll have a new contributor joining us shortly who will be talking about his CSA experiences this season and giving us a perspective on local agriculture and fresh foods in Hudson County — New Jersey and the nation’s most densely populated county. Jesse will also be providing his perspective [...]

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