March 30, 2025

Last Call: Farmer Resource Fair in Somerset County

All New Jersey farmers are invited to attend this Farmer Resource Fair which will feature an array of agricultural service providers. In-between a light breakfast and a hearty lunch, there will be engaging presentations and opportunities to visit with service providers at their table displays. The program schedule, as well as a preliminary list of service providers who’ve confirmed their attendance, is included below.

The event will be held on Friday, April 11, 2025 from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm at the Ted Blum 4-H Center located at 310 Milltown Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807.

Click here to register for this free event (registration is required). Please register by April 1, 2025.

This collaborative event is being organized by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County, Somerset County Agriculture Development Board, and the State Agriculture Development Committee Next Gen Program. We hope you will join us! [Read more…]

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March 28, 2025

Last Call: Stop the Bleed Training in Burlington County

Person applying a tourniquet to a mannequin Rutgers Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Vegetable Growers Association of NJ and the Rutgers NJ Medical School, will host a Stop the Bleed training on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Rutgers EcoComplex located at 1200 Florence Columbus Rd, Fieldsboro, NJ 08505.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the life-saving skills of pressure application, wound packing, and use of tourniquets. Attendees of this free training will also receive a complementary bleeding control kit. Space is limited, register today! Please complete our pre-registration form by Monday, April 1.

Questions? Email Kate Brown, RCE-Somerset County Ag Agent, at kbrown@njaes.rutgers.edu or call 908-526-6293.

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March 21, 2025 , , and

Food Safety Modernization Act Traceability Rule Delayed

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced March 20 that the Traceability Rule is being delayed for 30 months.  The rule was to go into effect January 1, 2026, but now enforcement will not start for at least 2.5 years.  FDA will be publishing a proposed rule at a later date.  There are no indications at this time what changes they plan to make or how it will impact growers of different size operations.

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Food Safety, Fruit, vegetable, Vegetable Crops
March 21, 2025

Stop the Bleed Training: Burlington County

Person applying a tourniquet to a mannequin Rutgers Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Vegetable Growers Association of NJ and the Rutgers NJ Medical School, will host a Stop the Bleed training on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Rutgers EcoComplex located at 1200 Florence Columbus Rd, Fieldsboro, NJ 08505.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the life-saving skills of pressure application, wound packing, and use of tourniquets. Attendees of this free training will also receive a complementary bleeding control kit. Space is limited, register today! Please complete our pre-registration form by Monday, April 1.

Questions? Email Kate Brown, RCE-Somerset County Ag Agent, at kbrown@njaes.rutgers.edu or call 908-526-6293.

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March 10, 2025

Stop the Bleed Trainings: Hunterdon and Burlington County

Rutgers Cooperative Extension has partnered with the Vegetable Growers Association of NJ to offer two upcoming Stop the Bleed trainings. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the life-saving skills of pressure application, wound packing, and use of tourniquets. Attendees of this free training will also receive a complementary bleeding control kit. Space is limited, register today!

HUNTERDON COUNTY:

  • Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 6:30-8:00 pm
  • Amwell Valley Fire Company located at 22 County Road #579, Ringoes, NJ 08551
  • Training will be delivered by trainers from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
  • Please complete our pre-registration form by Friday, March 14

BURLINGTON COUNTY:

  • Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
  • Rutgers EcoComplex located at 1200 Florence Columbus Rd, Fieldsboro, NJ 08505
  • Training will be delivered by students from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Please complete our pre-registration form by Monday, April 1

Questions? Email Kate Brown, RCE-Somerset County Ag Agent, at kbrown@njaes.rutgers.edu or call 908-526-6293.

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March 3, 2025

SAVE THE DATE: Farm Viability Extension Specialist Candidate Seminar

Manlin Cui, candidate for Extension Specialist in Farm Viability, will deliver her stakeholder seminar “Bridging Research and Practice: Enterprise Budgets, Sustainable Innovations, and Consumer Insights” on Monday, March 10, 2025 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. 

The seminar will take place at the Middlesex County E.A.R.T.H. Center located at 42 Riva Ave, North Brunswick Township, NJ 08902. We welcome you to attend in person, but a Zoom option is available. Email kbrown@njaes.rutgers.edu for Zoom attendance troubleshooting. [Read more…]

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