Closter Farm stays true to its roots
CLOSTER — Closter Farm has a very definitive statement on its website: “The world cannot be fed unless the soil is fed.”“That soil statement is very much aligned with the idea of regenerative agriculture,” says Jon Friedland, one of the farm’s founders....
Hlubik keeps it small for big results
CHESTERFIELD — Veteran farmer Ray Hlubik, one of seven brothers, was raised on a dairy, beef and vegetable farm started by his father Joseph here.After the family got out of the dairy business and sold their cows in the mid-1960s, and shortly after he...
Closter Farm stays true to its roots
CLOSTER — Closter Farm has a very definitive statement on its website: “The world cannot be fed unless the soil is fed.”“That soil statement is very much aligned with the idea of regenerative agriculture,” says Jon Friedland, one of the farm’s founders....
Ward in place to help state’s grape industry take next steps forward
BRIDGETON — Although his parents were amateur winemakers, it was not wine that led Dr. Daniel Ward to the study of grapes. He was trained as a pomologist, studying apples and peaches, and got his undergrad education at Ohio State University.Later, he...
Music festivals have Nivison drawing crowds to farm
TOMS RIVER — A lot of smaller farmers can learn from Tom Nivison about holding musical events at their farms. Nivison, owner of Silverton Farms, has been holding small music festivals at his 10-acre farm off Silverton Road since 1989. Partly because...
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