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COMING EVENTS
Monthly Organic Open House
Online during Covid, but intended as an informal in person gathering on the last Wednesday evening of each month (January thru October). It is our hope that as the restrictions relax, these will resume at North Slope Farm. We will have topics announced each month. For the first two months of the year, they will be informational sessions for those folks who want to inquire about NOFA-NJ’s Journeyperson program. Meetings are Free, but please register so we can send you a Zoom link.
January Topic: 2021 Journeyperson Discussion and 2021 Information Session About NOFA-NJ and JP
Please Register, event is free, but register to receive the link.
Raising and Processing Chickens
Matt Wilkinson and John Lima will be sharing their knowledge around successfully raising chickens and processing them.
Matt Wilkinson shares his take on existing small-scale poultry keeping and chicken processing laws and how you can make them work for you.
John will be lecturing about the benefits of raising chickens in his session on Rotational Grazing Systems: Using Chickens as Part of a Sustainable System.
This event will be three Tuesday evenings in February 2/8-16-23, from 6-7PM, and Q&A for :30 to follow. Matt will also offer an in-person hands on event, timing TBA depending on COVID.
EXPLORING THE SMALL FARM DREAM: FEBRUARY 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 6-9 PM
Have you ever thought about starting a farm? Whether your vision includes making goat cheese, selling cut flowers, or growing rare tomato varieties, this course will give you the tools to start making that dream come true. Whether you are thinking of going into farming full-time, part-time, or expanding an existing hobby farm into a business, this course will help you turn your farm dream into an actionable farm plan. There are four evening classes online as well as an optional daytime farm tour, TBA. Tuition is $300.00 for NOFA-NJ members and $350 for NOFA-NJ non-members including all course materials. The instructor is Jess Niederer is a 13th generation farmer in Hopewell, New Jersey. Jess has been teaching this course since 2008. Please Register.
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NOFA-NJ NEWS
Organic produce sales up 14% in 2020, topping $8.5 billion
Organic fresh produce sales in 2020 were $8,542,355,756, an increase of over $1 billion from 2019 https://www.morningagclips.com/organic-produce-sales-up-14-in-2020-topping-8-5-billion/
Growing Hemp in NJ
Thanks to Steve Komar, Bill Bamka, and Scott Morgan for speaking about Hemp in NJ on a Friday night! USDA published a final rule on January 15, 2021, that provides regulations for the production of hemp in the United States and is effective on March 22, 2021. The...
NRCS Announces ACEP Signup for 2021 Funding
SOMERSET, N.J., January 5, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) is now accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). Applications that meet eligibility and ranking criteria for...
Our Goals
EDUCATION
Support NJ Organic Farmers by providing technical advice, educational opportunities and social engagement to build community.
COMMUNITY
Connect our Food Community for the Entire Organic Eco System – Restaurants, Consumers, Farmers, Stores, Markets Businesses, Educators – Urban, Suburban and Rural
CERTIFICATION
Advocate for Organic Certification and Support Organic Management Practices.
LOCAL ORGANIC
Build the Local Organic Food System, Primarily Nurturing Farms, and Secondarily All Growers, so NJ can provide food for NJ.
POLICY
Advocate for Policy that Supports Organic Farming
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