The New Jersey Farmer Archives
Guild cuts a rug at the county fair
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A new feature at the Mercer County 4-H Fair on Aug. 3-4 was a display set up for the Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild.Linda Ehly of Burlington County was one of the demonstrators. She explained the group likes to demonstrate...
Marlboro Township Farmers’ Market looks to expand after debut season
MARLBORO TOWNSHIP — Just up Route 520 in Monmouth County from the long-established Red Bank Farmers’ Market sits the newly created Marlboro Township Farmers’ Market. Created in this spring, it officially opened with a dedicated-but- small number of...
Red Bank Farmers’ Market now 26 years old
RED BANK — Founded by Elaine Sourlis and her late husband, Galleria real estate developer Ted Sourlis, the Red Bank Farmers’ Market is one of the oldest running farmers markets in the state. The market is open Sundays from Mother’s Day to the end of...
Monmouth Board of Ag helps stimulate kids’ interest with ‘Guess Your Vegetables’
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Now in its eighth year, the Monmouth County Board of Agriculture’s “Guess Your Vegetables” program for kids appears to be a winner. Kids have to know their vegetable plants as they look in a farmer’s field or in a backyard garden....
When is it not a farmers’ market? (Editorial)
Advertising has long had its “fudge factor.”We’ve come to accept, maybe even take for granted, a certain amount of truth-stretching coming out of the marketing budgets of big companies. The fast food cheeseburger in the restaurant never quite mirrors...
The good, ol’ hamburger (Animal Science Update)
(Editor’s note: Michael Westendorf is with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University.)There have been several news reports recently about Plant-Based Meat Alternatives (referred to in this article as PBMA’s). Several...
Dreyer Farms upholding retail rep
CRANFORD — Because Dreyer Farms does such a booming value-added business, the New Jersey Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association decided to hold its spring meeting here on June 11. Located on busy Springfield Avenue in suburban Cranford in busy Union County...
Lee Turkey Farm more than just turkeys
EAST WINDSOR — If Ronny Lee and his parents have learned anything since they opened their farm up to complete on-site retail and you-pick operations in the mid-1960s, it’s to keep the place neat and tidy. This 54-acre farm is surrounded by high quality...
Fresh & Fancy Farms: One acre of growth, beauty
NEW MILFORD — “Look at that Clematis growing up there,” said Meg Nobile, pointing to a purple flower on a vine hugging a post at Fresh & Fancy Farms.“I think growing by example is when we sell them.” She then continues her stroll, then stops. “And we...
Busy Bees Club have a buzz at Morris Co. Fair
CHESTER — The horses in the Chubb Park paddock didn’t need a heat advisory to know they wanted some serious hosing down on July 20 at the Morris County 4-H Fair. The 4-H teens were obliging them between instructional grooming and other demonstrations....
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