The New Jersey Farmer Archives
Spanns hold rich legacy with Jersey cattle
CALIFON — Dairy cows are rare on New Jersey fields today, but once the rolling hills were full of them, and not the big black and white Holsteins that have become the symbol of the dairy industry.The cows were the smaller, friendly Jerseys that give...
Hill Creek Farms enjoys new identity
MULLICA HILLS — Fred Sorbello missed farming and he felt he had betrayed the family farming business. After purchasing a dilapidated horse farm in 1998, he and his team planted soybeans, corn, had tractors on site to plow the ground — bringing it to...
Longmeadow Farm bustling for fall festival time
HOPE — It’s fall festival time and Longmeadow Farm was bustling on Saturday, Oct. 5.Farmer Bradley Burke brought in Blairstown event planner Christine Evans to help bring in vendors to attract customers.Evans said about 80 percent of the vendors come...
Farmers encouraged to protest budget hold
TRENTON — Farmers and all those who support them across the Garden State are being urged by New Jersey Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam to make their voices heard and express their disapproval with the Murphy Administration’s decision to hold back...
Marandino embraces Cape May Honey Farm’s beekeeping history
CAPE MAY — The location could not be more ideal.Right on Sunset Boulevard, a couple of miles away from where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Delaware Bay, and directly across from South Cape May Meadows — perhaps the loveliest stretch of roadway in all...
‘Real farmers’ and the big picture (Editorial)
New Jersey’s Farmland Assessment regulations have come under fire again recently with a barrage of news coverage over a few well-off landowners using the regulation to lower their bill by keeping their land or a portion of it in agricultural use....
Chickens and red meat (Animal Science Update)
(Editor’s note: Michael Westendorf works with Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.)According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, from Jan. 1 through Aug. 9, there were 1,003 reported cases of...
Great Tomato Tasting more than meets eye
PITTSTOWN — While the annual Great Tomato Tasting at Snyder Research Farm draws people from three states and all across New Jersey, not everyone takes advantage of the guided wagon tours off the 390-acre facility, land donated by Clifford and Melda...
State’s farms, farming acres, productivity all on rise
MONTCLAIR — It is the 11th most populated state in the nation, one where farm property values and real estate taxes rank among the priciest in the country. Yet the number of New Jersey farms and the acreage used for farming have increased together...
Lessons of a lifetime sustain Abe’s Acres
HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. — Young Gabe Siciliano, who carries the torch with his late grandfather and great-grandfather’s passion for farming, takes a Zen-like approach to his vocation. His great-grandfather, Abe Feldsher, founded the farm, thus its name,...
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