Resource Library - NEWS
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Neshanic Pastures Farm Tour Recap
“Animals on pasture is the best system for soil fertility” -Dr. Joseph R. Heckman, Ph.D. It is always a pleasure to listen to Joe Heckman discuss agriculture in New Jersey, and you know that you can never anticipate what you’ll learn because he carries so much...
2023 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 2023 CSA Share, ensuring you have access to local and organic foods to support your...
NOFA NJ Coordinates Temporary Winter Farmers Market in Flemington, NJ
Throughout November, December and January, NOFA NJ worked to support several farms and market vendors in danger of losing important winter revenue. When it was announced that a local community farmers market was to be canceled for the 22-23 Winter Season, NOFA NJ...
NOFA NJ Invited to Provide Testimony at Assembly Ag & Food Security Meeting
On November 30, 2022, NOFA NJ Policy Committee Chair Cali Alexander and Executive Director Devin Cornia attended the NJ Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee. NOFA NJ was invited to provide testimony regarding the impact warehouse development is having on...
John & Peter’s & Lambertville/New Hope Community Raise $3k for NOFA NJ
John & Peter's & Lambertville/New Hope Community Raise $3k for NOFA NJ Earlier in August, John and Peter's hosted the Lambertville and New Hope community for a benefit to honor our late friend Dan Rovensky. Rovensky was a NJ Organic Farmer, a NOFA NJ Member,...
Remembering Dan Rovensky
Farmer Dan... where to even begin? Dan Rovensky leveled up from this world on Monday last week, leaving behind a vast and diverse community that spreads across the state, country, and probably beyond, leaving behind plenty of memories, stories, and laughs, leaving...
NOFA NJ Hosts Farm Bill Field Day
The Farm Bill is America's most impactful and important piece of legislation, affecting farming, food systems, food access, conservation, and much more. Being so large and complex, many only view the farm bill in a basic sense: Congress deliberates and agrees on...
NOFA NJ Mid-Season Update
Check out what NOFA NJ has been up to in the first half of 2022!: 2022 Mid-Season Update
NSAC/Delaware River Watershed Grant Project
In 2021 and 2022, NOFA NJ has been participating in a grant project with NSAC (National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition) funded by the William Penn Foundation. The goal of the grant is to: design an assessment process for evaluating: usage rates of core NRCS...
NJFB On-Farm Composting Workshop
On Tuesday, June 28, NOFA NJ attended an incredible workshop put on by New Jersey Farm Bureau and hosted by Chesterfield Organic Orchards as part of a grant from Northeast SARE. The workshop covered the basics of safely and efficiently composting manure, wood chips,...
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....
Vermicomposting
As part of Delaware Township Elementary School's Earth Day Fair, NOFA NJ attended and shared simple Vermicomposting techniques to turn food waste into fertilizer for the farm and garden. Below are some additional links and resources to continue learning and dive...
NOFA NJ Celebrates Passage of Neonics Bill!
The New Jersey Assembly passed legislation A2070 (Calabrese)/S1016 (Smith) on Monday January 10,2022, to classify bee-killing neonicotinoids, also known as neonics, as restricted use pesticides. The law prohibits most outdoor non-agricultural uses of harmful...
The Progressive: A Way of Life in Danger Organic farmers face unprecedented challenges. BY MARC EISEN DECEMBER 13, 2021 9:42 AM
Hi all, From Jim Riddle: In case you haven’t seen it, The Progressive has released a hard hitting article about the current state of organic - https://progressive.org/magazine/a-way-of-life-in-danger-eisen/ Feel free to share, Jim
Overall Warming with Reduced Seasonality: Temperature Change in New England, USA, 1900–2020
https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/9/12/176/htm?fbclid=IwAR3cZo9bXln2HjWBPqCQSHWfQeLlDgAUk3rr_qlRZ61ucBi95c5kg_jefd8 Abstract The ecology, economy, and cultural heritage of New England is grounded in its seasonal climate, and this seasonality is now changing as the world...