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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/
Education Committee is meeting monthly to develop our plan
We are exploring how NOFA-NJ can deliver high quality programming that delivers against member interest areas and delivers against the core competencies of organic farming and gardening. NOFA-NJ Education and the Strategic Plan and NOFANJ Education Core Competencies....
Race and Food are Intertwined. Here’s How We Can Do Better.
Race and Food are Intertwined. Here’s How We Can Do Better. Our food system is based on a history of inequity. UCS’s Ricardo Salvador offers action steps to fix that. https://civileats.com/2017/10/20/race-and-food-are-intertwined-heres-how-we-can-do-better/...
Real Organic Symposium every Sunday in January 2021
What is the Real Organic Project? It's not an ordinary certifying organization. Tractor rallies, protests, grassroots gatherings, and passionate voices are the heart of the Real Organic Project. It represents the farmers who want to provide food the right way. No...
31st NOFA-NJ Annual Winter Conference
We invite you to be a part of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ’s (NOFA-NJ’s) 31st Annual Winter Conference, New Jersey’s largest organic food and agricultural conference. This year’s conference features two full days of classes and workshops with...
It’s Paw Paw Season!
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/dining/pawpaw-climate-change.html Enjoy this article about the Paw Paw. It features our good friend Charlie West!
NOFA-NJ Strategic Plan
Attached is the NOFA-NJ Strategic Plan that was approved by the Board in July 2020 following a Day of Clarity.
Your support is needed more than ever! Making Farms Centers of Justice and Fairness
The COVID -19 crisis has exposed minor cracks and deep craters in the US food supply chain, food security and local food systems reliance and resiliency. Farmers and farmworkers are “essential,” yet there is no requirement or financial support to provide them...
Second Annual Festomato August 15-22, 2020
Festomato was generously supported by: Jammin Crepes, The Experimental Farm Network, Autumn Olive, Whole Earth Center, the Princeton Public Library and the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Special thanks to the farmers who donated Tomatoes to...
Why is Organic Produce More Expensive?
Reasons organic food is so expensive 1. No chemicals = more laborThe Organic Farming Research Foundation explained it well: "The organic price tag more closely reflects the true cost of growing the food: substituting labor and intensive management for chemicals, the...