Education Committee
Committee Purpose
The Education Committee carries a broad responsibility, from brainstorming programming ideas, to collecting suggestions for future speakers and activating volunteers to assist with hosting workshops and gatherings. With over thirty years of actively fostering educational opportunities, NOFA NJ always needs interested committee members to assess and consider the effectiveness of our Programming.
We have developed Education “Tracks” e.g. Beginning Farmer, Advanced Farming and Gardener Tracks, to help folks decide if the workshop is appropriate to their interests. The Committee also assesses if our programming is reaching the audience it is intended for, and do we have enough programming to reach all the Audiences that we can. Some of the Educational Focus NOFA NJ has sustained over the years are below:
- On-Farm Workshops / Twilight Meetings
- Special Classes such as Organic Land Care, Exploring the Small Farm Dream, Road to Certification, Tractor Maintenance and Organic Gardening Course.
- Journey Person Program
- Book Club
- Public Movies on Organic Ag topics
- Fielding technical questions from the public.
More recently, NOFA NJ has added a Monthly Organic Open House, the last Wednesday of each month, to provide a space for our community to Gather around a specific topic, guest or just to have a reason to stay connected or bring new members into the conversations.
Resources & Links
Session 1: Loving and Cooking with your CSA
Monthly Meet the Farmer/CSA and Cooking Class (Second Thursday from 6-7:15PM) Kim's Dishes and Recipes for Session 1: Blue Moon Acres Nigella seed and sushi rice pilaf served with braised baby bok choi and grilled pineapple salsa Beet pickled turnips, radish, green...
Celebrating 50 years of Organic Farming
https://www.njconservation.org/celebrate-50-years-of-organic-farming/
NJ Urban Agriculture Open House
Organic Farming in NJ, provides safe food and a positive appreciation for the environment. To learn more, meet Allen Shelton and the Sweet Root Youths, and Community Partners, Bitnari Kim, Urban Ag. Coordinator of Isles Inc, in Trenton, Jay Watson, sharing stories of...
NOFA-NJ Annual Meeting 03162021
NOFA-NJ is pleased to announce that we had our annual meeting on Tuesday March 16, 2021. If you missed it, you can view it below. For those of you who participated, and are interested in the slides and/or Abby's list of how you can get involved....
NOFA-NJ Announces the Education Calendar for the Next Year
NOFA-NJ Community, we are excited to announce that we are able to publish coming events for the next 12 Months. We have worked to have classes for everyone, so we hope you will enjoy what we have planned. Monthly Organic Open House (Last Wednesday of the month from...
2021 Organic Growers Advisory Meeting February 3 2021
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...
Winter Conference 2021
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. ...
Growing Hemp in NJ
Thanks to Steve Komar, Bill Bamka, and Scott Morgan for speaking about Hemp in NJ on a Friday night! USDA published a final rule on January 15, 2021, that provides regulations for the production of hemp in the United States and is effective on March 22, 2021. The...
Organic Integrity Learning Center Two New Courses Now Available
The National Organic Program is pleased to announce two new courses in the Organic Integrity Learning Center! Sampling and Testing Residue sampling and testing play an integral role in verifying the compliance of organic farms and businesses. This course addresses the...
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....