Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Allowing gleaners on your farm is a wonderful way to provide nutritious high-quality food to food insecure communities. Gleaners can unknowingly contaminate produce, a thirteen minute training video has been developed for volunteer gleaners focusing on produce safety. This video is available on the Rutgers NJAES YouTube site and soon on the Rutgers On-Farm Food […]
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The Cape May County Board of Agriculture, with the support of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County, is hosting the Second Annual Industry Night for Cape May County Farmers. The event, organized to bring local farmers together and provide access to resources, will take place on Monday, March 3, 2025. Industry Night starts at […]
Continue reading...North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Grower Meeting February 19, 2025 & North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Meeting March 5, 2025 Hunterdon County Complex 314 State Route 12, Bldg. #1 Flemington, New Jersey 08822 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Program and registration details forthcoming
Continue reading...Three top candidates for the position of Extension Specialist in Farm Viability have been invited to campus for multi-part, in-person interviews. We invite all members of the agricultural community to attend the candidates’ stakeholder seminars. These seminars will take place at the Middlesex County E.A.R.T.H. Center located at 42 Riva Ave, North Brunswick Township, NJ 08902 […]
Continue reading...February 6, 2025 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Pre-Registration Required Deadline to register online is Monday February 3 New Jersey Vegetable Growers Convention at Harrah’s Waterfront, 777 Harrah’s Blvd., Atlantic City, NJ This training fulfills the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that at least one person from each farm needs to receive […]
Continue reading...Proper greenhouse sanitation is important for healthy, disease-free vegetable transplant production. Efforts need to be made to keep transplant production greenhouses free of unnecessary plant debris and weeds which may harbor insect pests and disease. Efforts need to be taken throughout the transplant production season to minimize potential problems. All equipment, benches, flats, plug trays […]
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