Rutgers Cooperative Extension
WVU Extension and other colleagues are trying to understand how we can better help you with your Agritourism Marketing. It will tremendously help us to help you in the future.
Please take a few minutes (at most 5 minutes) to answer the questions here: https://s.uconn.edu/agritourism-marketing
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
East Vineland Fire Hall
4931 Landis Ave. across from the Savoy Restaurant
(please park behind the building and enter conference room door in rear)
Pesticide Credits Approved
USDA’s SARE Program – Resources and Farmer Grants
Pesticide Safety and Compliance Tools for Growers and Applicators
Management Options for Allium Leaf Miner, Diamondback Moth, & Corn Earworm
Implications of EPA’s Herbicide Strategic Plan to Comply with the Endangered Species Act &
Weed Management Strategies for Spring and Summer Vegetable Crops
Unlocking the Power of Social Media Marketing Trends
Disease Control Options for Spring Vegetable Crops
Changes to the New FSMA Water Rule Now in Place, and to the Harmonized Audit
Pesticide Recertification Credits have been requested for this meeting. We hope you’ll be able to join us.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
East Vineland Fire Hall
4931 Landis Ave. across from the Savoy Restaurant
(please park behind the building and enter conference room door in rear)
USDA’s SARE Program – Resources and Farmer Grants
Pesticide Safety and Compliance Tools for Growers and Applicators
Management Options for Allium Leaf Miner, Diamondback Moth, & Corn Earworm
Implications of EPA’s Herbicide Strategic Plan to Comply with the Endangered Species Act &
Weed Management Strategies for Spring and Summer Vegetable Crops
Unlocking the Power of Social Media Marketing Trends
Disease Control Options for Spring Vegetable Crops
Changes to the New FSMA Water Rule Now in Place, and to the Harmonized Audit
Pesticide Recertification Credits have been requested for this meeting. We hope you’ll be able to join us.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County will host Marketing Planning for Farms, a free webinar for farmers, on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The informational talk geared to local farmers on the importance of marketing and participants will learn to identify the components of a marketing plan, develop goals and tactics, analyze markets and customers, and evaluate results.
Registration is required for this free program, please, go to https://go.rutgers.edu/xmkjv0n2. For more information, please contact us at 609-465-5115, ext. 3601 or email capemayag@njaes.rutgers.edu.
As reported in The Produce Reporter by Blue Book Services on August 1, 2023, the Canadian government has released new temporary licensing rules for importers of US romaine lettuce beginning September 28 and running through December 20, 2023.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CA FIA) summarized these new requirements in their statement outlining the rules:
“To decrease the risk associated with E. coli O157:H7 in romaine lettuce, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing temporary Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) license conditions for the importation of romaine lettuce originating from the U.S. Between September 28 and December 20, 2023, importers of romaine lettuce and/or salad mixes containing romaine lettuce from the U.S. must:
Shippers sending romaine lettuce from other production regions to Canada during this time should expect to “provide a Proof of Origin indicating the state and county where the romaine lettuce was harvested”. Lack of proof of origin will require significant sampling and testing to assure lack of contamination before it will be allowed to be imported. Full details of this new rule are available on the CA FIA website at https://inspection.canada.ca/importing-food-plants-or-animals/food-imports/food-specific-requirements/romaine-lettuce-from-the-united-states/eng/1601488215302/1601488215678.
Offering important farm management lessons to help women* farmers succeed
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) will present a new online version of the popular Annie’s Project, over the course of six weeks, one evening per week, starting this Wednesday, January 11. Registration (click here) is still open at the $100 price until the program begins and includes workshop study materials, and admission to the NJACTS (February 7~9). “Annie Goes Online: Risk Management On Your Kitchen Table,” will be offered virtually via Zoom on January 11, 18, and 25; February 15 and 22; and March 1 from 6 – 9 p.m.
The course starts this week with an insightful session on transition, and managing marketing, financial and human resource risks by keynote speaker Wenfei Uva, co-owner of Seaberry Farm – a 36-acre specialty fruit and flower farm in Federalsburg, Maryland. Uva received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in agricultural economics and was an extension leader for the Cornell Horticultural Business Management and Marketing Program from 1999-2007.
An optional all day in person tax workshop on Thursday, February 9th will be offered at the 2023 New Jersey Agriculture Convention and Trade Show (NJACTS) in Atlantic City.
“As in the previous Annie’s Project programs, this workshop is designed to educate and train new and aspiring farm women on risk management strategies and provide tools for successful business management,” says Robin Brumfield, extension specialist in farm management, Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
Financial assistance, provided by Farm Credit East, is available to those in need. Funds are available on a first-come-first-served basis to those who apply by filling out a scholarship application.
Course topics include:
“New, aspiring, and current women farmers will gain educational training on the essentials of preparing a business plan, considered a vital roadmap to success for any business,” says Brumfield. Participants will also benefit from networking opportunities with their peers and other agricultural professionals.
*While targeting women as primary owners and partners in farm businesses, Annie’s Project training is open to all.
For more information about the program, visit Rutgers Farm Management Website. Material for this program is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2021-70027-34693.
