Tag: farmers
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Middlesex County farmers invited to session on farmland preservation
Farmers from Middlesex County can attend an informational session on farmland preservation at 6:30 p.m. March 27 at the Monroe Township Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Plaza, Monroe. During the approximately hour-long session, Laurie Sobel from Middlesex County’s Department of Infrastructure and Management will be on hand for a presentation and an informal discussion with potential…
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Celebrate National Ag Day at the Middlesex County EARTH Center
To honor National Ag Day, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County has planned “The State of Agriculture and our Food Systems – County, State and Beyond” seminar for 6:30-8 p.m. on March 20 at the EARTH Center, in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., North Brunswick. Led by Agricultural Agent and Professor Bill Hlubik, the talk…
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NJ farmers mark 20 years of “on the road against hunger”
BORDENTOWN – New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger (FAH), a program of the New Jersey Agricultural Society, is celebrating its 20th year of collecting surplus fresh fruits and vegetables from farms, wholesalers and grocery stores for distribution to agencies serving those in need. As part of the 20th anniversary, FAH will be holding a campaign to support the purchase…
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Special events and markets celebrate arrival of Jersey peaches
GLASSBORO — Finally, after the vagaries of spring weather, New Jersey’s own locally grown peaches are hitting the markets, and the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council is celebrating this healthy, delicious fruit throughout the state at farmers markets, supermarkets and restaurants. This year, nutritionists and dietitians in supermarkets will be giving demonstrations and tastings of peaches…