The New Jersey Farmer Archives

Stewart, Kriegler develop Gorgeous Goat Creamery from scratch
KINGWOOD TOWNSHIP — Official greeter Teri takes her job seriously as she hops up on a picnic table bench and snuggles on a lap.Teri is one of the gorgeous goats at Gorgeous Goat Creamery in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County.Owned and operated by...
Cornia plans to form food hubs for smaller farmers
STOCKTON — The Like so many other small-scale farmers, Devin Cornia, NOFA-New Jersey’s new executive director is looking to change the nation’s food system. The 2012 graduate of Atlantic Cape Community College, who grew up eating unhealthy foods in Egg...
Lafayette market comes alive on Sundays
LAFAYETTE — The shops in the once-bustling mall here are mostly closed, but on Sunday mornings the parking lot is alive with shoppers.The Lafayette Farmers’ Market has been going strong for three years with organic farmers, mushrooms and warm bread...
Hunterdon Land Trust Farmers’ Market has room to grow at former dairy farm
FLEMINGTON — Smaller and specialty farmers from Somerset, Hunterdon, Middlesex and Mercer counties have another option for selling their products with the Hunterdon Land Trust Farmers’ Market.Located on the former Dvoor Dairy Farm at 111 Mine Street in...
Mount oversees annual herb seminar at Terhune
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP — Like any farm, there’s always lots of things going on at Terhune Orchards. On Saturday, May 14, Pam Mount, co-owner of the 250-acre Terhune Orchards and farm, offered her annual herb growing seminar for farm market patrons and anyone...
‘Just have conversations’ (Editorial)
Another school year has wrapped up, and as students’ young, impressionable minds launch into summer fun, what they retain from the lessons, homework, and tests is continually questioned and studied.How to make information stick in one’s mind was part of...
We’re shaping northeastern agriculture’s future (Off the Secretary’s Desk)
(Editor’s note: Douglas Fisher is the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture.) Just a few weeks ago, in mid-June, I attended the Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture conference in Hershey, Pa., where the secretaries, commissioners...
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound in cure (Animal Science Update)
(Editor’s note: Ann Hausmann is a veterinarian, teaching instructor and pre-veterinary advisor at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in the Department of Animal Sciences.) Typically, when we are thinking about creating emergency plans for our animals...

Banquet returns to in-person format
WEST WINDSOR — There are many reasons to attend the New Jersey Agricultural Society’s annual awards banquet, with the sense of community this event generates one of its most important. This year’s gala — the first to be held in-person since the 2019...
Map spotlights county’s farmers
BERNARDS TOWNSHIP — The Agricultural Advisory Committee has been helping farmers in this affluent Somerset County township since 2005.It was originally formed to obtain Planning Incentive Grants to assist farmers in preserving their land — but after a...
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