NOFA NJ News & Updates
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...
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: June 13, 2022
Upcoming NOFA NJ Events: TONIGHT - 6/13, Underground Supper Club Potluck (7PM): Join NOFANJ for a community potluck at Foodshed Alliance's SAgE Farm. We'll be cooking over the fire, enjoying live music and connecting through food. Add a dish to the spreadsheet, bring...
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 Weekly Email: June 6, 2022
Read NOFA NJ's Monthly Report (May) for an update on our May activity Upcoming NOFA NJ Events: 6/11, Poultry Processing Class (10AM-12:30PM): Join NOFA NJ & Hard Cider Homestead in a comprehensive class on poultry processing. Register Here 6/13, Underground Supper...
NOFA NJ Monthly Report (May)
NOFA NJ is working hard to support organic farming and food systems throughout New Jersey. Be sure to read our Monthly Report to keep up-to-date on our work, our partners, and our impact. June, finally. After a long, cold and rainy spring, summer weather is here and...
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....
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: May 31, 2022
6/11, Poultry Processing Class (10AM - 12:30PM): Join NOFA NJ and Matt from Hard Cider Homestead in a comprehensive class on poultry processing. Each participant has the option of experiencing the steps necessary to take a living mature meat chicken, into a processing...
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: May 23, 2022
5/24, NOFA NJ Taco Tuesday (7-10 PM) (Yard Tacos in High Bridge): Kick off the season with NOFA NJ for a taco Tuesday to remember! FREE to NOFA MEMBERS, Chefs and Farmers. (Not a member? You can become a member online or at the door) This is a BYOB event (packaged...
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: May 16, 2022
NOFA NJ News & Events 5/24, NOFA NJ Taco Tuesday (7-10 PM) (Yard Tacos in High Bridge): Kick off the season with NOFA NJ for a taco Tuesday to remember! FREE to NOFAMEMBERS, Chefs and Farmers. (Not a member? You can become a member online or at the door) This is a...
NOFA NJ Weekly Email: May 9, 2022
NOFA NJ News & Events 5/09: Member Perk! This week, NOFA NJ Members can expect to find a fun gift in their inbox: a one-month free subscription to The Peasant Wife, NJ's independent news source for all things culinary. Andy Clurfield has been reporting on food and...