NOFA NJ News & Updates
Lancaster Farming: NOFA NJ Focuses on Inclusion in the Organic Marketplace
View Article on Lancaster Farming 1/31/23 by Dan Sullivan New Brunswick, N.J. — It had been three years since the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s New Jersey chapter held an in-person conference, and the numbers showed enthusiasm for a gathering. Around 350...
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 33rd Annual Winter Conference Recap
Press CoverageThe New Jersey Farmer: Lamb Touts Soil Sustainability Lancaster Farming: NOFA NJ Focuses on Inclusion in the Organic Marketplace The New Jersey Farmer: Rabbit Hill Farms Turns to Malt for DiversityThe New Jersey Farmer: Smith Rallies Pig Farmers Together...
The New Jersey Farmer: NOFA NJ Answers Call for Rescue
NOFA-NJ Answers Call for Rescue Jane Primerano, 02/01/2023 RARITAN TOWNSHIP — Raritan Township’s Lenape Park has a new use this winter.When the Hunterdon Land Trust decided to take a hiatus from sponsoring the winter market at the Dvoor Farm in Flemington, it left...
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,...
NJ Audubon Healthy Land & Waters Grant Program
8/31/2022 Alyssa B. from NJ Audubon Society joined NOFA NJ's Monthly Organic Open House to present their Healthy Land & Waters Grant program. The application is one page, simple to complete, and is an easy way for farmers to obtain resources and funds to implement...
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: August 29, 2022
If you haven't heard it ten times already, NJ Farmers are in a tough spot: from increased costs of doing business to difficulty finding labor to struggling against cheap international competition... the list goes on. While NOFA NJ and other agricultural organizations...
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...
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: June 27, 2022
Upcoming NOFA NJ Events: 6/29, NOFA NJ Monthly Organic Open House (8:30-9:30AM): NOFA-NJ’s Monthly Organic Open Houses are free events open to the public and are held on the last Wednesday of each month from 8:30AM – 9:30AM. The Open Houses are designed to offer an...
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: June 20, 2022
Upcoming NOFA NJ Events: 6/22, Summer Solstice at NorthSlope Farm (5-10PM): Join us to recognize the most significant power in our lives, the Sun and our physical relationship to it. The Solstice celebration will be hosted by NOFA NJ Board President Mike Rassweiler at...