by Nagisa | Feb 4, 2021 | Consumer, Farming, News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C. Anne Knapke was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations. Most recently, Knapke was a Senior Program Officer...
by Nagisa | Feb 4, 2021 | Consumer, Farming
NOFA-NJ is excited to announce CSA Week, which is set to take place from February 21st through February 28th, 2021. During this special week, we are encouraging farmers and farmer support organizations across the country to come together in promoting CSA, and we want...
by Nagisa | Feb 3, 2021 | Consumer, Education, Gardening, Growing, News, Permaculture, Uncategorized
Learned about this The Cucurbit Downy Mildew Forecast at the Organic Growers advisory today. Thanks Meredith, Andy Wyenandt, and Kris Holmstrom. Meredith and Andy also reminded us to tune in for the NJ Agriculture Convention from Feb 22-25, 2021. General vegetable...
by Nagisa | Feb 3, 2021 | Consumer, Farming, News, Policy
Washington, DC — US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has been appointed to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, one of the oldest Senate committees whose jurisdiction focuses on agriculture, nutrition, food, and hunger. In addition to Booker,...
by Nagisa | Feb 2, 2021 | Consumer, Education, Farming
NOFA-NJ Completed our first Virtual Winter Conference this past week, on Saturday and Sunday, January 30th and 31st. We had over 350 people register, and average attendance of 170 per session. There were so many amazing speakers and highlights of the two days. ...
by Nagisa | Jan 22, 2021 | Consumer, News, Outreach
Organic fresh produce sales in 2020 were $8,542,355,756, an increase of over $1 billion from 2019 Organic produce sales up 14% in 2020, topping $8.5...
