by Nagisa | Mar 17, 2021 | Budget and Finance, Consumer, Education, Gardening, News, Uncategorized
NOFA-NJ is pleased to announce that we had our annual meeting on Tuesday March 16, 2021. If you missed it, you can view it below. For those of you who participated, and are interested in the slides and/or Abby’s list of how you can get...
by Nagisa | Mar 5, 2021 | Farming, Policy
The Senate is now debating the $1.9 billion covid relief package, which includes some BIPOC farmer assistance. Those provisions are based on a bill the Booker, Warnock et al introduced recently. Here’s a quick summary of the Ag and Nutrition provisions of the bill. ...
by Nagisa | Feb 23, 2021 | Farming, Food Safety
Have you figured out if your farm is exempt, qualified exempt, or needs to be in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule (FSMA PSR)? This rule impacts farms selling over $25,000 worth of produce on an average year. The Rutgers On-Farm...
by Nagisa | Feb 16, 2021 | Consumer, News
Soil Association announces largest year-on-year increase in sales of natural products in 15 years. Organic food consumption has soared in the past year across the UK, as people have eaten in more and sought higher quality food, driving the biggest year-on-year...
by Nagisa | Feb 16, 2021 | Consumer
The Organic Produce Network (OPN) has released its inaugural State of Organic Produce 2020, a comprehensive overview of how the industry performed last year, including data and analysis of retail sales of organic fresh produce. The newly published report includes...
