Visit the new Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety website for information on Good Agricultural Practices, the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule, and USDA Third Party Audits. Information can also be found on upcoming on-farm food safety workshops, publications and resources to help you understand and implement on-farm food safety practices.
Ultra-Niche Crops Series: Pick Your Own Blueberries
Have a small plot of land? Want to diversify? New to farming?
Learn how to grow, market and sell Pick-Your-Own blueberries and make more money on less land!
Join us on Thursday, February 22, 2018 for a two and a half hour class that will include:
• Virtual Fieldtrip
• Crop Profile
• Q & A Session with a specialist, farmer and buyer of the product.
• Networking
• Dinner
By the end of the class you will know if growing Pick-Your-Own blueberries is right for you. Dinner will be served at 5:30. Pesticide recertification credits available for all Ultra-Niche Classes. Purchase tickets online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ultra-niche-crops-pick-your-own-blueberries-tickets-38006277800
Three locations available: Please select location of choice when buying tickets.
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County, 355 Court House/So. Dennis Road (Route 657), Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County, 310 Milltown Rd. Bridgewater, NJ 08807-3587
• Rutgers EcoComplex, 1200 Florence Columbus Road, Bordentown, NJ 08505
For more information call Jenny Carleo, Agricultural Agent at (609) 465-5115 or email Jennifer Matthews at jmatthews@aesop.rutgers.edu.
Deadline to register is February 16, 2018 at 5:00 pm.
Rutgers Ultra-Niche Crop Series: Farming Roselle
Rutgers Cooperative Extension continues its Ultra-Niche Crop Series with the upcoming workshop “Farming Roselle.” This workshop, the ninth class in the Ultra-Niche educational series for farmers seeking new crop opportunities, will be held on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Rutgers Eco Complex in Bordentown, New Jersey.
This workshop will feature a 20-minute “Virtual Field Trip” video on the production and marketing of roselle. In this session, farmers will learn how to grow, market and sell roselle and other ethnic crops and how to make practical decisions on marketing and crop production. This potentially lucrative market for farmers will require a marketing plan to determine what buyers want. Dr. Ramu Govindasamy, Extension Specialist from Rutgers University, will present on marketing ethnic crops and Dr. Albert Ayeni, Ethnic Crop Specialist at Rutgers University, will be answering questions related to crop production of roselle.
Participants at the Farming Roselle class will be led through worksheets to help them determine whether or not growing this crop is right for them, their acreage, and their situation. The cost for this workshop is $20 and includes a dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by the program at 6 p.m. Additionally, pesticide recertification credits are available:
1A (Ag plant) 3 credits
PP2 (Private Applicator) 3 credits
For more information, contact Jenny Carleo at (609) 465-5115 or email Jennifer Matthews at JLM479@njaes.rutgers.edu.
To register by January 19, 2018, go to Eventbrite: https://rutgerscmcag.eventbrite.com
To find out more about the Rutgers Ultra-Niche Crops Project, please go to https://njaes.rutgers.edu/ultra-niche-crops/.
Worker Health and Hygiene Translated into Spanish, Creole, Khmer, Chinese, Korean
The Rutgers fact sheet focusing on Worker Health and Hygiene is now available in multiple languages appropriate for farm workers. These fact sheets can be used to educate farm workers on the basic principles of human health and hygiene to prevent human pathogen contamination of fresh produce. Visit the Rutgers NJAES publications webpage to access these versions.
Ultra Niche Crops: Asparagus
Learn how to grow, market and sell asparagus and make more money on less land!
Join us on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 for a two and a half hour class that will include:
• Virtual Fieldtrip
• Crop Profile
• Q & A Session with a specialist, farmer and buyer of the product.
• Networking
• Dinner
By the end of the class you will know if growing asparagus is right for you. Dinner will be served at 5:30.
Pesticide recertification credits available for all Ultra-Niche Classes.
1A (Ag plant): 3 credits
PP2 (Private Applicator): 3 credits
Three locations available: Please select location of choice when buying tickets.
• Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 121 Northville Rd., Bridgeton, NJ 08302-5919
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County, 310 Milltown Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-3587
• Rutgers EcoComplex, 1200 Florence Columbus Road, Bordentown, NJ 08505
For more information call Jenny Carleo, Agricultural Agent at (609) 465-5115 or email Jennifer Matthews at jmatthews@aesop.rutgers.edu.
Deadline to register is December 8, 2017 at 5:00 pm.
Register online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ultra-niche-crops-asparagus-tickets-38005402181
Workshops to Meet Your Food Safety Training Requirements
Do you need the FSMA Produce Safety Rule training? Third Party Audit training? Choose one or both days of our upcoming workshops. Remember, the FSMA Produce Safety Rule does not require training each year for compliance, but your third party auditor may require it! Register online at rutgersonfarmfoodsafety.eventbrite.com or call Tammy Commander at (856) 451-2800, ext. 1 or email commander@njaes.rutgers.edu
2017/2018 Farm Food Safety Certificate Trainings
Registration required!
2017
November 29 and 30
FSMA-Produce Rule Training and Third Party Audits, Rutgers Snyder Research Farm, 140 Locust Grove Rd, Pittstown, NJ 08867. $50.00 for day 1 or $75.00 for both days, 9am-4pm. Lunch included.
December 13 and 14
FSMA-Produce Rule Training and Third Party Audits, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County, 291 Morton Avenue, Millville, NJ 08332. $50.00 for day 1 or $75.00 for both days,9am-4pm. Lunch included.
2018
February 8th
FSMA- Produce Rule Training ,NJ Agricultural Convention & Trade Show, 777 Harrahs Blvd, Atlantic City, NJ 08401. $35.00 per person, register online or at the door. 9am-4pm. Lunch not included
February 20 and 21
FSMA- Produce Rule Training and Third Party Audits, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County, 930 Spruce Street, Trenton, NJ 08648. $50.00 for day 1 or $75.00 for both days,9am-4pm. Lunch included.
February 28 and March 1
FSMA- Produce Rule Training and Third Party Audits, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County, 291 Morton Avenue, Millville, NJ 08332 . $50.00 for day 1 or $75.00 for both days,9am- 4pm. Lunch included.
March 14th
FSMA- Produce Rule Training for Blueberry Growers, Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research, 125a Lake Oswego, Chatsworth, NJ 08019. $50.00 per person, 9am-4pm. Lunch included.
Register online at rutgersonfarmfoodsafety.eventbrite.com or call Tammy Commander at (856) 451-2800, ext. 1 or email commander@njaes.rutgers.edu