NJ Agriculture: Weekly News Round-Up Week of 5/1/2011

Growing NJ Farms John Crabtree at the Center for Rural Affairs apprises us of new USDA funding available for NJ Organic Farmers. Another $50m for organic conservation measures has been made available. In 2007 the Center For Rural Affairs helped NJ organic farmers receive $270,000 of the $24m in grants they distributed. Let’s go for [...]

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Weekly News Round-up Week of 4/24/11

Roadside Stands & Pocket Farms Fresh spring greens are coming in, at least in South Jersey, according to the Press of Atlantic City: Spring Greens are Coming In! But the Press also says that soggy fields are delaying crops: Soggy Fields The Village Voice makes note in photos of the fresh asparagus available from a [...]

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Weekly News Roundup Will Be Out on Saturday April 30th

I’m trying for a regular Friday posting, but work, school and such takes priority! The weekly news roundup will post early tomorrow morning. -jack

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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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Cool juicer in Hudson County School

Great event on school breakfasts in Hudson County yesterday for National School Breakfast week. The students have a daily choice of made from scratch muffins, or turkey sausage that looks just like the “real” thing, eggs, french toast or pancakes depending on the day and cereal. The coolest thing is the juicer where students and [...]

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