by Richard Skelly | Aug 14, 2017
By RICHARD SKELLY AFP Correspondent HILLSBOROUGH (Aug. 15, 2017) — Even though Jon Knox was raised on a 10-acre “hobby farm” in Liberty Corner New Jersey, it wasn’t until after college at the University of Colorado that he became obsessed with growing vegetables. Knox... by Jane Primerano | Aug 14, 2017
By JANE PRIMERANO AFP Correspondent (Aug. 15, 2017) Sussex and Warren counties seem developed to the residents who grew up seeing more cows than people, but to folks from the eastern edge of the state, they are rural, beautiful and surprising. Aware of this, and not... by Sean Clougherty | Aug 1, 2017
By SEAN CLOUGHERTY Managing Editor SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP (Aug. 1, 2017) — Hoping to expand the use of cover crops on land above the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer in Burlington and Camden counties, the Burlington County Soil Conservation District is offering farmers a “free... by Jane Primerano | Aug 1, 2017
By JANE PRIMERANO AFP Correspondent BELVIDERE (Aug. 1, 2017) —They’re bright green and loud and serve farmers well for years. And, sometimes, when a John Deere tractor is put out to pasture, it is literally out in a pasture. Or in a wagon shed or carriage barn or... by Jonathan Cribbs | Aug 1, 2017
By JONATHAN CRIBBS Associate Editor COLUMBUS (Aug. 1, 2017) — Bob Lounsberry motored his pickup along a handful of crop fields near his large bean and hay farm on a recent weekday afternoon. On one field there were two deer. A little down the road on another farm,...