EF-3 tornado devastates Gloucester County farms
MULLICA HILL — Lenny Grasso had heard tornado storm warnings on the television before, but they rarely, if ever, amounted to anything around his South Jersey produce farm.So before he received a warning on his cell phone in the evening on Sept. 1 while he and his...
EF-3 tornado devastates Gloucester County farms
MULLICA HILL — Lenny Grasso had heard tornado storm warnings on the television before, but they rarely, if ever, amounted to anything around his South Jersey produce farm.So before he received a warning on his cell phone in the evening on Sept. 1 while he and his...
Lyness opting for on-farm milk bottling, explains process to group
PITTSTOWN — Spring Run Dairy is the second small dairy in the state to commence bottling operations after Peter Southway’s Springhouse Dairy began bottling operations a few years back. In both operations, the milk is pasteurized but not homogenized, leading to a...
Spinach still one of top greens in New Jersey
According to the New Jersey 2020 State Agricultural Overview issued by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 1,800 acres were planted with spinach in New Jersey. Overall, the value of the spinach harvest in the state was $6,182,000 in 2020, according to...
Locandro: A lifetime in ag education
STOCKTON — Dr. Roger Locandro has spent his entire life in agriculture. Growing up on Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick with a big farm just across the street, how could he not become enamored with farming at a young age? Now a spry 85 years old, Locandro, still...
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