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NOFA NJ Dairy & Creamery Listing
June is Dairy Month! No matter your dietary preference, it's difficult to diminish the role that dairy products have played in American food culture. From the first doorstep delivery to recent Got Milk? campaigns, the U.S. has steadily consumed large amounts of dairy....
2022 NJ CSA Listing
With so many CSA farms in New Jersey, locavores can rejoice in the wide variety of options for year-round, farm-fresh goodness! There is still plenty of time to sign up for your 2022 CSA Share, ensuring you have access to local and organic foods to support your...
Letter from the Executive Director Regarding NOFA-NJ’s 2020-2021 Impact Report
2020-2021 was a period of tremendous upheaval for our country, our state and for organic agriculture in the Garden State. Local communities across New Jersey recognized the value of local organic agriculture during a global pandemic, while awareness grew regarding the...
New Full-Length Course on Organic Seed Search from the Organic Integrity Learning Center
The National Organic Program (NOP) is pleased to announce a new course in the Organic Integrity Learning Center. Organic Seed SearchSourcing organic seed and planting stock is a key requirement of organic certification. The supply of organic seed is growing; however,...
Education Events and Links for 2021
As most of you know from my many emails, last night marked the last education event of 2021. We hope that you tuned into some classes, and we thank those of you who signed up for events and supported the cost of the speakers. We also thank all of the grant funders,...
Help Zell’s Farm to recover from remnants of Ida
On the night of September 1st, we lost all of our chickens, broilers, half of the ducks, and all the infrastructure to a torrential flood resulting from Tropical Storm Ida. In total we lost 2 Egg Mobiles, and 8 chicken tractors, waterers and feeders, and about 800-900...
Catch And Kill NJ Spotted Lanternflys With This Trap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5AW30VG1o0 NEW JERSEY — Thank you to Duke Farms for this helpful video. Those pesky spotted lanternflies are invading backyards in New Jersey despite residents efforts to eradicate them. Recently, five more New Jersey counties were...
Updated 2021 NOFA-NJ Events Calendar
Full Year Calendar
Organic Farms in New Jersey
Why is New Jersey called the Garden State? According to a few sources, including the NJ state government itself, most people attribute the origin of the nickname to Abraham Browning of Camden, who used the phrase in a speech at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition...
Rutgers Master Gardener IPM Team Report
Thanks to the Rutger's Master Gardener IPM Team Report for sharing their third report. Pest season is here! Also, if you have missed it, this report from NPR on this year's Cicadas