Resource Library - NEWS
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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...
USDA Accepting Applications to Help Cover Costs for Organic Certification
OCCSP provides cost-share assistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products for the costs of obtaining or maintaining organic certification under the USDA’s National Organic Program. Eligible producers include any certified producers or handlers who have...
From Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County – Ag/Natural Resources
Another resource to guide farm business setup is "Farmer's Guide to Business Structures: LLCs, Corporations, Partnerships, and More." from Farm Commons and Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE). Available here https://go.rutgers.edu/4vywt9no.
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
“There are wonderful sustainable initiatives, they are just not organic”
Article From March 31 2021 hortidaily
Growing in the Garden State
For those who have not heard about our special 2021 project, "Growing in the Garden State," we share this post so you can learn about it and get involved. We have assembled generous organic farms, skilled vegetable gardeners to share their gardening know-how and...
Monthly Organic Gardening Course 2021
Taught by Al Johnson and Tomia MacQueen of NOFA-NJ and Arianna Lindberg, Instructor of Rutgers, Landscape Architecture, Translation by Kathia Ramirez of CATA. Generously sponsored by Drumthwacket Foundation and hosted at the Drumthwacket Governor’s Mansion. Click...
NOFA-NJ Announces the Education Calendar for the Next Year
Organizing for Soil Health: A Project of the Northeast Organic Farming Association
This White Paper is a report on the regional “Organizing for Soil Health” project supported by Farm Aid and Clif Bar and carried out by the seven state Chapters of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) in 2019 – 2020. Based on two years of project...